A strong earthquake struck southwest Iceland at 1:45 p.m. today.

The 2026 Atlantic salmon fishing season has officially begun.

An Icelandair flight to Zurich was canceled this morning. According to the Isavia website, the aircraft had been scheduled to depart at 7:20 a.m.

Around 400 earthquakes have been recorded in the seismic swarm that began early yesterday morning, approximately 3 kilometers west of Húsmúli in the Hellisheiði area.

The man who died at Hólmsheiði Prison yesterday was Sigurður Fannar Þórsson.

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