Two foreign tourists, each driving a Land Rover, drove long distances off-road along the Emstruleið route, from Einhyrningur to Álftavatn, according to mountain support driver Klemenz Geir Klemenzson.

A fatal traffic accident occurred just east of Vík í Mýrdal yesterday.

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded on the Reykjanes Ridge, approximately 20 kilometers southwest of Eldey, shortly before 2 a.m. last night.

Around 80 people took part in a rescue operation at Háifoss in Þjórsárdalur yesterday after a hiker suffered a broken leg.

The Icelandic Court of Appeal has, for a second time, upheld the district court’s acquittal on the terrorism-related charges in the so-called terrorism case, while leaving unchanged the sentences imposed for firearms offenses.