Nature and Travel
| Iceland Monitor
| Thu 21 Jan 2016
| 10.31 GMT
| Modified
19 Apr 2016
11.02
300 tremors in North Iceland last night
A cluster of tremors clearly visible on the right. Photo: Icelandic Met Office
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake hit the northern fjord of Öxarfjörður at 4:01 a.m. today, some seven miles from the town of Kópasker.
This was just one of the 200-300 tremors measured since midnight in a new bout of seismic activity which has affected the region in recent days.
Two other magnitude 3 quakes struck at 3:26 a.m. and 4:03 a.m.
The largest tremor was felt in the nearby town of Kópasker. According to the Icelandic Met Office, seismic activity of this type is not uncommon in this area.
