EveryQuake

Earthquakes in Reykjavík

881 earthquakes catalogued in and around Reykjavík between 1912 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
No records in the last 30 days.
881
recorded earthquakes
M7.0
largest
1912–2026
record span
3.55
mean magnitude
17
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

01342691912: 1 (M5+)19121920: 1 (M5+)19211924: 1 (M5+)1929: 2 (M5+)19301933: 1 (M5+)1935: 1 (M5+)19391944: 1 (M5+)1948: 1 (M5+)19481952: 1 (M5+)1955: 3 (M5+)195719661967: 1 (M4–5)1967: 1 (M5+)1968: 1 (M5+)1971: 2 (M4–5)1972: 2 (M4–5)1973: 2 (M4–5)1973: 2 (M5+)1974: 4 (M4–5)1974: 2 (M5+)1975: 3 (M4–5)19751977: 2 (M4–5)19841990: 1 (M4–5)1991: 1 (M5+)1992: 1 (M3–4)19931996: 1 (M4–5)1997: 1 (M3–4)1997: 3 (M4–5)1998: 2 (M4–5)1998: 2 (M5+)2000: 4 (M5+)20022003: 1 (M5+)2004: 1 (M4–5)2005: 1 (M3–4)2006: 1 (M3–4)2007: 2 (M3–4)2008: 4 (M3–4)2008: 11 (M4–5)2008: 1 (M5+)2009: 7 (M3–4)2009: 1 (M4–5)2011: 6 (M3–4)2011: 1 (M4–5)20112012: 4 (M3–4)2013: 1 (M3–4)2013: 2 (M4–5)2013: 1 (M5+)2015: 1 (M3–4)2017: 14 (M3–4)2017: 1 (M4–5)2018: 4 (M3–4)2018: 1 (M4–5)2019: 8 (M3–4)2020: 54 (M3–4)2020: 12 (M4–5)2020: 1 (M5+)20202021: 217 (M3–4)2021: 46 (M4–5)2021: 6 (M5+)2022: 27 (M<3)2022: 46 (M3–4)2022: 15 (M4–5)2022: 2 (M5+)2023: 68 (M<3)2023: 113 (M3–4)2023: 45 (M4–5)2023: 4 (M5+)2024: 8 (M<3)2024: 16 (M3–4)2024: 4 (M4–5)2025: 25 (M<3)2025: 35 (M3–4)2025: 2 (M4–5)2026: 3 (M<3)2026: 7 (M3–4)2026
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
7.006.05.1912 19:0035 km92 km
6.517.06.2000 15:4010.4 km68 km
6.421.06.2000 00:518.7 km58 km
6.323.07.1929 18:4310 km4 km
6.329.05.2008 15:464.2 km43 km
6.010.06.1933 12:0635 km57 km
6.005.12.1968 09:4410 km5 km
5.909.10.1935 22:0815 km51 km
5.714.05.1920 17:5710 km31 km
5.620.10.2020 13:433.2 km29 km
5.619.02.1944 11:3515 km76 km
5.604.09.1924 16:0135 km68 km
5.623.07.1929 20:0410 km64 km
5.517.06.2000 15:4510 km33 km
5.414.03.2021 14:150.9 km37 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
3.203.06.2026 10:403 km19 km
3.401.06.2026 16:464 km22 km
3.801.06.2026 16:172.7 km21 km
3.601.06.2026 13:450 km22 km
2.931.05.2026 18:283.7 km21 km
3.531.05.2026 17:154.5 km21 km
2.931.05.2026 17:012.6 km22 km
2.831.05.2026 06:553.5 km21 km
3.613.05.2026 00:310 km23 km
3.028.01.2026 02:016.6 km23 km
3.027.12.2025 01:486.1 km25 km
2.924.12.2025 10:426.8 km23 km
3.622.10.2025 15:244.9 km27 km
3.122.10.2025 04:505.1 km26 km
3.004.10.2025 14:134.2 km27 km
2.803.10.2025 14:034.8 km26 km
3.303.10.2025 07:394.5 km26 km
2.909.09.2025 05:397.2 km21 km
2.805.09.2025 01:455 km27 km
3.605.09.2025 01:425.1 km27 km
3.130.08.2025 12:464.3 km29 km
3.218.08.2025 18:105.3 km19 km
3.307.08.2025 21:125 km23 km
2.907.08.2025 21:101.1 km21 km
2.820.07.2025 02:556 km26 km
3.418.06.2025 22:265.1 km26 km
2.926.05.2025 06:165.9 km20 km
2.925.05.2025 10:366.8 km20 km
2.825.05.2025 05:396.9 km21 km
3.313.04.2025 03:175.4 km28 km
3.105.04.2025 04:325.4 km24 km
3.403.04.2025 22:544.6 km24 km
2.803.04.2025 18:194.7 km23 km
3.003.04.2025 18:175.4 km24 km
3.203.04.2025 18:031.8 km23 km
2.803.04.2025 17:465.3 km24 km
3.103.04.2025 17:385.1 km24 km
3.003.04.2025 14:426.1 km25 km
3.102.04.2025 06:045 km23 km
2.802.04.2025 02:315.5 km30 km
2.801.04.2025 21:073.3 km27 km
3.301.04.2025 19:323.5 km25 km
3.401.04.2025 19:175.2 km28 km
3.001.04.2025 18:333.7 km26 km
2.901.04.2025 18:103.8 km25 km
2.901.04.2025 17:433.8 km27 km
2.801.04.2025 17:313.8 km24 km
4.601.04.2025 16:5810 km37 km
4.901.04.2025 16:564.4 km49 km
2.901.04.2025 16:523.9 km26 km
3.501.04.2025 16:453.9 km28 km
3.201.04.2025 16:094.6 km26 km
3.001.04.2025 16:056 km25 km
2.901.04.2025 15:145.5 km27 km
2.801.04.2025 12:446.5 km28 km
3.301.04.2025 11:385.2 km24 km
2.801.04.2025 10:365.2 km30 km
3.001.04.2025 10:274.9 km30 km
2.901.04.2025 10:254.8 km30 km
2.901.04.2025 09:524.3 km31 km

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.