Nature and Travel
| Iceland Monitor
| Wed 18 Oct 2017
| 11.10 GMT
Large earthquake at Grímsey island in North Iceland
The earthquake occured at Grímsey island, the northernmost point of Iceland. Map/ Iceland Met Office
A large earthquake measuring 3.3 occurred at Grímsey island at around 6 am. Another quake was measured at around 4.30 measuring 2.9.
According to the Iceland Met Office, 520 earthquakes were detected using the SIL seismic system last week. The largest earthquake was on October 5th at Grímsey measuring 3.9, an earthquake felt in Grímsey, Dalvík and Ólafsfjörður.
The second largest earthquake occurred at Bárðarbunga measuring 3.7 on October 5th.
