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Weather forecast for the next 24 hours

East and southeast 5-13 m/s, strongest wind near the south coast and becoming slightly stronger wind there tomorrow. Light rainshowers in Southeast-Iceland and the Eastfjords, but mostly fair in the west and north parts. Temperature 2 to 7 deg. C, but around freezing in the north.
Forecast made 02.02.2026 07:43

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Preliminary results

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Earthquakes

Earthquakes during last 48 hours. at 02 Feb 09:35 GMT

Preliminary results

Biggest earthquakes during the last 48 hours

Size	Time	Quality	Location
5.3	31 Jan 11:54:48	Checked	5.0 km NE of Bárðarbunga
3.0	31 Jan 19:54:08	Checked	5.7 km ENE of Hamarinn
2.5	31 Jan 12:25:59	Checked	5.1 km NE of Bárðarbunga

Specialist remark

Yesterday January 31st at 11:54 UTC an earthquake of M5.3 was detected within the Bárðarbunga caldera - a few aftershocks followed. Last time an event of similar size occurred on October 29th 2025. Bárðarbunga is a seismically active area.
Written by a specialist at 01 Feb 07:31 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

River	Place	Flow	Water temperature

Remarks of a specialist

Due to malfunction we have turned off the service publishing hydrological data on the map. Instead see the data using our Real-time monitoring system.
Written by a specialist at 28 Jan 08:07 GMT

More hydrological information

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Short articles

Climate change and hydrology: Environmental and societal effects

The climate and hydrology of Iceland are highly variable due to natural conditions. Significant changes in these factors over the last 15 years are in harmony with the future scenarios represented and affirmed in the latest IPCC summary report, AR5. The main purpose of IMO is to contribute towards security in society by monitoring, analyzing, interpreting, informing; providing warnings and forecasts and predicting natural hazards. It is important to keep the infrastructure strong so that IMO may fulfill its role.