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Weather forecast for the next 24 hours

Southwest and west 5-10 m/s, but 10-15 in the northwest part until evening. Cloudy in the western half of Iceland with some light rain or drizzle, temperature 10 to 14 deg. C. Some sunny spells in the east part and mostly dry with temperature up to 22 deg. C.
West and northwest 3-10 tomorrow and widely fair, but cloudy in the west part until noon. Temperature mostly between 16 and 22 deg. C, but a bit colder at the west coast.
Forecast made 16.07.2026 10:49

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Preliminary results

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes during last 48 hours. at 16 Jul 10:50 GMT

Preliminary results

Biggest earthquakes during the last 48 hours

Size	Time	Quality	Location
3.8	15 Jul 19:25:25	Checked	6.8 km N of Hábunga
2.1	16 Jul 02:42:28	50.0	26.0 km N of Grímsey
1.8	15 Jul 20:41:42	50.0	15.0 km SSE of Eiríksjökull

Specialist remark

At 19:25 this evening an earthquake of magnitude M3.8 occurred in Mýrdalsjökull. An earthquake of a similar magnitude was last measured the 28th of January and was of magnitude 3,0.
Written by a specialist at 16 Jul 08:47 GMT

Week overview -

Earthquake activity throughout the country is described in a weekly summary that is written by a Natural Hazard Specialist. The weekly summary is published on the web every Tuesday. It covers the activity of the previous week in all seismic areas and volcanic systems in the country. If earthquake swarms are ongoing or significant events such as larger earthquakes have occurred during the week, they are specifically discussed. More

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Hydrology

Average flow and temperature last 24 hours

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Remarks of a specialist

Along with increasing temperatures in the eastern part of the country, water levels can be expected to rise in glacial rivers due to melting for the coming days. Additionally, increased water levels in rivers in the western part of the country can also be expected due to precipitation.

Due to malfunction we have turned off the service publishing hydrological data on the map. Instead see the data using our Rauntímavöktunarkerfi.
Written by a specialist at 15 Jul 10:24 GMT

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Short articles

Sea ice around Iceland

Ice in the ocean around Iceland has mostly arrived from afar.

It comes here from the Denmark strait, which connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, between Iceland and Greenland. Sometimes the ice comes directly from north to the northeast corner of Iceland, but all the ice comes from the same source: the East-Greenland current which flows from the Arctic Ocean due south along the east coast of Greenland, passing northwest Iceland.