A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported Reykjanes Ridge (0 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/25 / 2025-10-01 17:06:08 / October 1, 2025 @ 5:06 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -31.4734° West, 58.8579° North. Event id: us6000re28. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000re28. The temblor was picked up at 17:06:08 / 5:06 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Reykjanes Ridge.

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