Category ICELAND REGION

Magnitude 5.2 Earthquake Depth 10 km Strikes Iceland Region on 1st April 2025

According to the ancient manuscript Landnámabók, the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD, when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the island’s first permanent settler. In the following centuries, Norwegians, and to a lesser extent other Scandinavians, immigrated to…