M 5.0 earthquake – Reykjanes Ridge
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Local time: Oct 28, 2026 · 11:56 (UTC+0)
ModerateShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.0body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 58.356, -32.240813 km from Reykjanesbær
- Energy released
- 477 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 2M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 385USGS 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?
Moderate earthquake. It released 477 tons of TNT, 1 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
2 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.