Earthquake details

Sunday, January 6, 1929 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Iceland on Sunday, January 6, 1929 at 00:01 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Hafnarfjordur (Iceland - IS), about 267.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -24.715 and latitude 62.016.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	62.016, -24.715
UTC time	1929-01-06 00:01:29.010

Location	Reykjavik
Country	Iceland (IS)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1929-01-06

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Hafnarfjordur	267.9 km
Kopavogur	272.7 km
Reykjavik	275.4 km
Inverness	1248.4 km
Londonderry	1271.8 km
Greenock	1321.1 km
Ballymena	1329.5 km
Galway	1341.6 km
Paisley	1345.2 km
Irvine	1349.5 km
Stirling	1349.6 km
Glasgow	1351.4 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1

Hafnarfjordur

Iceland · 2026-03-23 18:45 UTC

227.1 km

M 4.2

Reykjavik

Iceland · 2026-03-23 17:25 UTC

206.5 km

M 4.4

Reykjavik

Iceland · 2026-03-23 16:30 UTC

200.1 km

M 4.3

Reykjavik

Iceland · 2025-09-12 20:04 UTC

199.1 km

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