Posted on by Jón Frímann

Earthquake south of Kolbeinsey island

Yesterday (10. February 2023) at 16:25 UTC an earthquake with magnitude of Mw3,1 took place around 41 km south of Kolbeinsey island.

Green star and yellow dots at the location of the earthquakes south of Kolbeinsey island.
The earthquake south of Kolbeinsey island. Copyright of this image belongs to Icelandic Met Office.

This earthquake was far from any populated areas of Iceland and was not felt for this reason.