M 4.7 earthquake – Reykjanes Ridge
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Local time: Oct 28, 2026 · 18:44 (UTC+0)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.7body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 57.961, -32.202848 km from Reykjanesbær
- Energy released
- 169 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 340USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 28, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 169 tons of TNT, 2.8 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900.
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.