August 14, 1784 Earthquake: Southland,arnessysla,bangar,sysla, Iceland
An earthquake struck Southland,arnessysla,bangar,sysla, Iceland on August 14, 1784.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- August 14, 1784
- Place
- Southland,arnessysla,bangar,sysla, Iceland
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 63.800° N, 20.500° W
- Country
- Iceland
- Region
- Northern and Western Europe
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1055 Milne, John (1911). Catalogue of Destructive Earthquakes [7 to 1899 A.D.], Report of the 81st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Portsmouth, London, United Kingdom, p. 649-740.
- #1125 Stefansson, R. (1979). Catastrophic Earthquakes in Iceland, Tectonophysics, vol. 53, p. 273-278.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 1164, Southland,grimsnes, Iceland
- 1013, Sudurland, Iceland
- 1182, Southland, Iceland
- June 17, 2000, Vestmannaeyjar, Hella, Iceland
- June 21, 2000, Grimsnes, Selfoss, Eyrarbakki, Stokkseyri, Iceland
- August 26, 1896, Arnessysla, Iceland
- May 6, 1912, Iceland
- May 29, 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland
- April 20, 1706, Selfoss, Iceland
- July 23, 1929, Iceland
- August 28, 1924, Reykjavik, Iceland
More
Significant earthquakes of 1784The 1700sRecent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history
Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 1476.