Magnitude 6.7 - ICELAND REGION

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Magnitude 6.7 - ICELAND REGION
2008 May 29 15:46:00 UTC

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Earthquake Details
Magnitude 6.7 (Preliminary magnitude — subject to revision)
Date-Time

* Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 15:46:00 UTC
* Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 03:46:00 PM at epicenter

Location 63.951°N, 21.089°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region ICELAND REGION
Distances

* 48 km (30 miles) ESE (117°) from REYKJAVIK, Iceland
* 119 km (74 miles) WNW (301°) from Vik, Iceland
* 240 km (149 miles) SW (218°) from Akureyri, Iceland

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST=016, Nph=016, Dmin=89.6 km, Rmss=0.08 sec, Gp= 94°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1
Source

* West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

Event ID at00207596

Revised downward to 6.1

***This event supersedes event AT00207596.


Region: ICELAND
Geographic coordinates: 64.026N, 20.985W
Magnitude: 6.1 Mw
Depth: 10 km
Universal Time (UTC): 29 May 2008 15:46:01
Time near the Epicenter: 29 May 2008 15:46:01
Local standard time in your area: 29 May 2008 07:46:01

Location with respect to nearby cities:
50 km (31 miles) ESE (106 degrees) of REYKJAVIK, Iceland
119 km (74 miles) NW (306 degrees) of Vik, Iceland
230 km (143 miles) SW (218 degrees) of Akureyri, Iceland


ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US 2008sqba

Iceland Rocked by 6.1-Magnitude Earthquake

Thursday , May 29, 2008

REYKJAVIK, Iceland —

A powerful earthquake shook Iceland on Thursday, rocking buildings in the capital, touching off landslides and forcing residents in outlying towns to evacuate. Channel 2 television reported injuries, though it was not immediately clear how many.


The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.1 magnitude quake hit at 3:46 p.m., with its epicenter near the town of Selfoss, 30 miles east, southeast of the capital, Reykjavik.

Sharp aftershocks are feared in the southwest of the country within the next few hours, and police traveled around the nearby town of Hveragerdi, 28 miles east of Reykjavik, with a bullhorn, advising residents to stay outdoors.

Amateur video footage aired on the national broadcaster RUV television showed rocks tumbling down the sides of jagged peaks in Vestmannaeyjum, a small archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. Residents in the capital felt buildings shake. The road between Reykjavik and Selfoss was closed by quake damage, RUV said.

Don Blakeman, an earthquake analyst at the U.S. Geological Survey in Boulder, Colorado, said earlier, less reliable readings had indicated the quake could have been as powerful as a magnitude 6.7.

"It looks like a 6.1 or a 6.2," he said by telephone. "As this part of Iceland sits on the north Atlantic ridge, it's not uncommon for there to be earthquakes."

Iceland, population 300,000, is a geologically unstable volcanic island in the north Atlantic.

The country's last major earthquake, in June 2000, measured 6.6 on the Richter scale. It knocked down a dozen houses but caused no serious injuries.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,359963,00.html

slide show available here:

http://nachofoto.com/photo-of-iceland-earthquake-4103a9807c85


iceland video here: http://www.truveo.com/Earthquake-Iceland-at-2952008-1545-PM-caught-on/id/1778794339


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