What the records say
- When
- 29 May 2008
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Where
- Iceland
- Coordinates
- 64.00° N, 21.01° W
- Injuries
- 30
- Depth km
- 10
2008 Iceland earthquake
Doublet earthquake with composite magnitude of 6.1 Mw
The 2008 Iceland earthquake was a doublet earthquake that struck on 29 May at 15:46 UTC in southwestern Iceland. The recorded magnitudes of the two main quakes were 5.9 Mw and 5.8 Mw, respectively, giving a composite magnitude of 6.1 Mw. There were no human fatalities, but injuries were reported and a number of sheep were killed.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 6,3 sacude el suroeste de Islandia dejando 30 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page