A big earthquake with the magnitude of 6.3 Richter shook our parts of the word yesterday afternoon (2008-05-29 15:46).
The earthquake started about 50km south of Reykjavik, where I live. We could clearly feel the earth shaking but no damage here. In Selfoss and Hveragerði, small towns close to where it started, there were some damages – things falling and braking. Some damage to houses and bridges and a few people with minor injuries. Many got scared and slept in tents or moved to relatives. Icelandic houses are built to withstand quakes like this.
Earthquakes are common in this area where the continental drift makes two large landmasses rub against each other and breaking out in earthquakes every hundred years or so.