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Earthquakes in Iceland
Every earthquake in and around Iceland since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days2M2.5+
Past year28M2.5+
Magnitude 6+13since 1900
StrongestM 7.01910 · 79 km N of Norðurþing, Iceland
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Iceland
- 7.0 79 km N of Norðurþing, Iceland Jan 22, 1910
- 6.9 41 km W of Siglufjörður, Iceland Mar 28, 1963
- 6.8 67 km E of Selfoss, Iceland May 6, 1912
- 6.5 12 km ENE of Selfoss, Iceland Jun 21, 2000
- 6.5 25 km E of Selfoss, Iceland Jun 17, 2000
- 6.4 36 km ENE of Norðurþing, Iceland Jan 13, 1976
- 6.4 98 km NNW of Siglufjörður, Iceland Aug 23, 1921
- 6.3 1 km ESE of Hafnarfjörður, Iceland Jul 23, 1929
- 6.3 8 km N of Selfoss, Iceland May 29, 2008
- 6.2 19 km SW of Dalvík, Iceland Jun 2, 1934
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 5.3 116 km WNW of Höfn, Iceland Oct 19, 2026
- 4.7 112 km W of Höfn, Iceland Oct 5, 2026
- 4.0 Iceland region Sep 27, 2026
- 4.3 Iceland region Sep 27, 2026
- 4.1 Iceland region Sep 26, 2026
- 4.8 Iceland region Sep 26, 2026
- 4.2 33 km SW of Sandgerði, Iceland Aug 25, 2026
- 4.4 45 km SW of Sandgerði, Iceland Aug 25, 2026
- 5.4 113 km S of Akureyri, Iceland Jul 28, 2026
- 4.1 127 km WNW of Höfn, Iceland Jun 13, 2026
- 4.8 117 km S of Akureyri, Iceland Jun 13, 2026
- 4.1 125 km S of Akureyri, Iceland Jun 1, 2026
- 4.2 18 km NNW of Hveragerði, Iceland Jun 1, 2026
- 4.9 268 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland May 31, 2026
- 4.0 122 km S of Akureyri, Iceland May 25, 2026