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Tue, 02 Aug 2022 08:33:00 +0000
Six post-earthquakes bigger than 3M

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:04:00 +0000
4.7M earthquake at 11:31 PM
Four strong earthquakes were strongly felt in Reykjavík in the last hour.

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 22:46:00 +0000
Over ten thousand earthquakes detected over the weekend
There is still a lot of seismic activity in the Reykjanes peninsula and over ten thousand earthquakes have been detected since the series of earthquakes started at noon on Saturday.

Sun, 31 Jul 2022 08:00:00 +0000
Gordon Ramsey fishing in Iceland
The celebrity chef and TV personality Gordon Ramsay has visited Þrastarlundur twice, both to enjoy a meal and to get coffee, says Dagný Sif Jónsdóttir, the owner of Þrastarlundur.

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 23:39:00 +0000
Reykjanes peninsula on alert because of a series of earthquakes
“Specialists are saying that it looks like magma eruption could be causing the earthquakes. Either this will die down or the magma will find a way to the surface. More small earthquakes would suggest that.”

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:52:00 +0000
It looks like a dolphin drifted to shore in Grótta in Seltjarnarnes
It looks like a small dolphin has drifted on shore in Grótta in Seltjarnarnes. Dr Filippa Isabel Samarra, a specialist in whales says it is clearly not a killer whale also known as an orca.

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:47:00 +0000
Rescue teams think they have found the body of the missing tourist
The Police think they have found the body of the missing tourist that they have been searching for since Wednesday evening.

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:15:00 +0000
Police asking for continued custody
The police in Reykjavík is calling after a continued custody over the man who is the alleged suspect of having murdered a man in an apartment building in Barðavogur in Reykjavík on the 4th of June this year.

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 08:42:00 +0000
Untraditional sign coming to Iceland
Soon people will see a sign til mark the new Kiev-square, which is at the corner of Garðastræti and Túngata in downtown Reykjavík.

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 22:57:00 +0000
Airplane turned around en route to Seattle because of a bomb threat yesterday
An Airbus-plane on its way from Frankfurt in Germany to Seattle in the United States, was turned around to Keflavík Airport because of a bomb threat.

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:32:00 +0000
A part of the harbor in Reykhólar collapsed into the sea
Almost a quarter of Reykhólar harbor by the kelp mill Thorverk caved in and fell into the sea after The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA) had been working around the harbor, but the plan was to make the harbor bigger and reinforce...

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 22:27:00 +0000
Yellow warning and lots of rain and wind, especially in the South and Southeast
It looks like a lot of rain and wet weather in the Southern part of Iceland tomorrow, especially close to Eyjafjöll and in Mýrdalur says the meteorologist of The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA), Einar Sveinbjörnsson.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 08:00:00 +0000
Swam from the Westman Islands to Landeyjasandur for a good cause
Sig­ur­geir Svan­bergs­son managed to swim from the Westman Islands to Landeyjasandur to raise money for the Association Barnaheill like he set out to do.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 19:00:00 +0000
Ella Stiller, daughter of Ben Stiller, really enjoyed her stay in Iceland
Ella Stiller, the daughter of the actor Ben Stiller, came to Iceland in July with her father. The young Stiller has posted a lot of pictures from the visit and seems very happy with her stay in the country.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:38:00 +0000
Jumped into the river to safe his son
The man who lost his life in Brúará yesterday went into the river to try to safe his son who had fallen into the river. The police in the Southern part of Iceland has confirmed this to mbl.is today.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 08:39:00 +0000
The man who fell into Brúará died
The man who fell into Brúará has died yesterday. Rescue teams were called out just after 2 PM yesterday about the man who fell into the river just by Brekkuskógur. Another man was injured at the scene.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:00:00 +0000
Renewed his driving license just before his 100th birthday
"My health is good, although it is in line with my age. A few days ago I got my driving licence renewed and I am very happy about being able to get about in the car.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:30:00 +0000
Arrested for painting "stop war" outside of the Russian embassy
The police in Reykjavík arrested a ukranian woman for painting on the fence and on the pavement outside of the Russian Embassy at Túngata 24 yesterday.

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 12:47:00 +0000
Inflation has reached 9.9%
During the last twelve months the Customer Price Index (CPI) risen to 9.9% and the index without including properties is 7.5%. This is reported in the latest data from Statistics Iceland.

Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:30:00 +0000
Ben Stiller and Ólafur Darri's happy 10 year reunion in Stykkishólmur
The actors Ben Stiller and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson seemed very happy meeting each other in Stykkishólmur recently. Stiller posted a video of them meeting.



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