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Weather forecast for the next 24 hours

Northeast 10-15 m/s in the northwest part today, but 5-10 in the south and east. Rain or drizzle in most of Iceland. Temperature 7 to 13 deg. C, coolest in the Westfjords.
Forecast made 07.08.2026 00:24

Forecaster's remarks

Northeast near gales are expected locally near mountains in the northwest and west parts today. Those winds can be hazardous for vehicles susceptible to winds.
Prepared by the meteorologist on duty 07.08.2026 00:24

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Preliminary results

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes during last 48 hours. at 07 Aug 03:40 GMT

Preliminary results

Biggest earthquakes during the last 48 hours

Size	Time	Quality	Location
1.8	07 Aug 00:54:56	50.0	24.8 km ESE of Grímsey
1.7	05 Aug 11:06:34	Checked	5.7 km NE of Krýsuvík
1.6	06 Aug 19:12:16	50.0	13.5 km NW of Grímsfjall
1.5	05 Aug 07:31:06	Checked	25.4 km SSE of Eldeyjarboði
1.3	06 Aug 07:34:42	Checked	8.0 km NNW of Eldey
1.2	05 Aug 09:42:18	Checked	8.7 km SW of Básar

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

River	Place	Flow	Water temperature

Remarks of a specialist

The Icelandic Met Office has received reports of sulfur smell near the Markarfljót, Emstruá, Múlakvísl and Jökulsá á Sólheimasandi glacier rivers. In addition over the past few days, an increased level of volcanic gases (CO2 and H2S) have been measured at Láguhvolar. This is a sign of geothermal leak into the rivers due to warm weather lately and a small annual glacial flood in Emstruá. It is important for people to exercise caution due to gas pollution, especially near the riverbanks and the river's source.

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 04 Aug 07:12 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.