Nature and Travel
| Iceland Monitor
| Tue 5 Dec 2017
| 11.49 GMT
| Modified
at
12.20
Earthquake North West of Reykjanes
The star indicates where the largest earthquake occurred. Map/Iceland Met Office
An earthquake of the magnitude of 3.1 occurred some 10 km West South West of Geirfugladrangi North West of Reykjanes on the South-West peninsuala of Reykjavik last night at 21:46.
Around 60 quakes were measured in Reykjanes last week, most of them around 1 on the Richter scale. Most of the earthquakes occured at Krýsuvík and Kleifarvatn but a dozen quakes occurred at the Bláfjöll mountains, a popular ski resort.
