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List of earthquakes in Iceland

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Some notable earthquakes in Iceland have been during earthquake swarms with several earthquakes having very similar magnitude and contributing to human injury, death and/or property damage. Accordingly the largest earthquake may be shown on this page rather than ones that also contributed to the notability. Notable earthquakes in Iceland tend to be close to population centres and therefore do not reflect the full distribution of the high local seismic activity. This distribution includes the transform faults in the South Iceland Seismic Zone and Tjörnes Fracture Zone, as well as activity in volcanic rift zones.^[1]

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Map of notable earthquakes in Iceland since 1900 numbered from most recent.

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[4] The missing man is assumed to have fallen into a fissure that developed during the earthquake swarm^[3]

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"M 5.3 - 3 km SSE of Vogar, Iceland". earthquake.usgs.gov. 10 November 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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Sigurðsson, Bjarki (13 January 2024). "Ekki hægt að réttlæta áframhaldandi leit" [It is not possible to justify continued searching]. Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

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"M 5.4 – 1 km SE of Vogar, Iceland". earthquake.usgs.gov. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.

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"Series Of Earthquakes Detected Over Holiday Weekend Could Signal New Eruption". grapevine.is. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

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"M 5.6 - 6 km SE of Vogar, Iceland". earthquake.usgs.gov. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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ISC-EHB Event 13230288 [IRIS].

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"M 6.5 Iceland 2000-06-21". earthquake.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2024-02-06.

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"M 6.5 Iceland 2000-06-17". earthquake.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2024-02-06.

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"M 6.4 - 36 km ENE of Norðurþing, Iceland". earthquake.usgs.gov. 13 January 1976. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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"M 6.0 - 15 km S of Hafnarfjörður, Iceland". earthquake.usgs.gov. 5 December 1968. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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Einarsson & Beer 2014, p. 8.

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"M 6.2 - 19 km SW of Dalvík, Iceland". earthquake.usgs.gov. 2 June 1934. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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"M 6.3 - 1 km ESE of Hafnarfjörður, Iceland". earthquake.usgs.gov. 23 July 1929. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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"M 6.8 - 67 km E of Selfoss, Iceland". earthquake.usgs.gov. 6 May 1912. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

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Einarsson & Beer 2014.

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Date	Location	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Comments	Ref.
2023-11-10	Southern Peninsula 63.952°N 22.346°W / 63.952; -22.346	5.3 M_ww	V	1 missing		Severe damage to Grindavik with evacuations. Earthquake swarm commenced 24 October 2023	^[2]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2022-07-31	Southern Peninsula 63.955°N 22.350°W / 63.955; -22.350	5.4 M_ww	VII			Moderate damage	^[4]^[5]
2021-02-24	Southern Peninsula 63.949°N 22.285°W / 63.949; -22.285	5.6 M_ww	VII		1 mild injury	Mild damage	NGDC^[6]
2008-05-29	Hveragerði, Selfoss 63.96°N 20.99°W / 63.96; -20.99	6.3 M_w	VIII		30	Rockslides	^[7]
2000-06-21	Hesfjall, Southern Peninsula 63.98°N 20.71°W / 63.98; -20.71	6.5 M_L	X			Severe damage	^[8]
2000-06-17	Hella, Southern Peninsula 63.97°N 20.37°W / 63.97; -20.37	6.6 M_L	IX		3	Severe damage	^[9]
1976-01-13	Kópasker 66.157°N 16.582°W / 66.157; -16.582	6.4 M_s	IX			Moderate damage	NGDC ^[10]
1968-12-05	Kleifarvatn, Southern Peninsula 63.929°N 21.954°W / 63.929; -21.954	6.0 M_s	VIII			Moderate damage in Hafnarfjörður	^[11]
1934-06-02	Dalvíkurbyggð 65.847°N 18.839°W / 65.847; -18.839	6.2 M_s	VIII			Major damage, 200 people homeless	NGDC,^[12] ^[13]
1929-07-23	Brennisteinsfjöll, Southern Peninsula 64.061°N 21.901°W / 64.061; -21.901	6.5 M_s	IX		Around 100 minor	Moderate damage in Reykjavík	^[14]
1912-05-06	Hekla, Southern Peninsula 64.044°N 19.633°W / 64.044; -19.633	7.5	XI	11			NGDC^[15]
1896-09-05	Southern Peninsula	6.0, 6.5 and 6.0	IX	3		Three major earthquakes with short intervals. (Around 3.000 houses or farms destroyed)
1896-08-27	Skarðsfjall, Southern Peninsula	6.7	X	1			NGDC
1896-08-26	Rangárvallasýrsla ,Southern Peninsula	7.0	X			Major damage, many farms destroyed
1872	Húsavík, Norðurþing	6.5				Heavy damage	^[12]
1784-08-14	Southern (Suðurland)		X			Severe damage	NGDC
1734	Southern lowland			9		Severe damage / Many homes destroyed	NGDC
1706-04-20	Selfoss		X	999		Severe damage	NGDC
1211	Southern (Suðurland)		X	18		Severe damage
1182	Southern (Suðurland)		X	11			NGDC
1164	Grímsnes		X	19			NGDC
1013	Southern (Suðurland)		X	11			NGDC
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. A compilation exists,^[16] for details of Icelandic earthquakes up to 2014 as some have been without significant damage, even if high magnitude events.

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List of earthquakes in Iceland

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