M4.7 earthquake 199 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 199 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland on Wed, Apr 2, 1986, 8:59 AM GMT (08:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 194 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-04-02 08:59:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 62.663° N, 25.427° W
- Region
- Iceland
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3194 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland · 14783 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.9207 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland · 14783 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.3198 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland · 14783 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.4212 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland · 14783 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.2181 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland · 14783 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 4.4188 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland · 14783 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.3181 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland · 14783 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.7203 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland · 14783 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.6206 km SW of Grindavík, Iceland · 14783 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002sjx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC.