<p>A 5.2 magnitude earthquake rocked southern Iceland on Thursday near the Hekla volcano, with tremors felt in the capital Reykjavik some 110 kilometres (70 miles) away, the country's meteorological office said.</p>.<p>The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 1:21 pm (1321 GMT), was located at Vatnafjoll, a mountain range located on a fissure zone near the larger Hekla volcano which is part of the same volcanic system.</p>.<p>"The earthquake was felt widely in southern Iceland and the capital area," the Icelandic Meteorological Office said in a statement.</p>.<p>No damage or injuries were reported in the sparsely populated area, police said.</p>.<p>Geophysicist Pall Einarsson told public television RUV that the quake and its many aftershocks were not caused by magma movements and were not a sign of an impending volcanic eruption.</p>.<p>At 1,491 metres (4,892 feet), Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes with its latest eruption dating back to 2000.</p>.<p>Thursday's quake was "most likely caused by plate motion and not volcanic deformation," Kristin Jonsdottir, IMO earthquake hazards coordinator, added on Twitter.</p>.<p>A 5.7 tremor shook southwestern Iceland at the end of February, just weeks before a volcano began erupting near Mount Fagradalsfjall on March 19, 2021.</p>.<p>After spewing lava for six months, the magma stopped flowing in mid-September but it is still too early to say whether the volcanic activity has officially ended, according to vulcanologists.</p>.<p>Iceland is Europe's biggest and most active volcanic region.</p>.<p>The vast North Atlantic island borders the Arctic Circle where it straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a crack on the ocean floor separating the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>A 5.2 magnitude earthquake rocked southern Iceland on Thursday near the Hekla volcano, with tremors felt in the capital Reykjavik some 110 kilometres (70 miles) away, the country's meteorological office said.</p>.<p>The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 1:21 pm (1321 GMT), was located at Vatnafjoll, a mountain range located on a fissure zone near the larger Hekla volcano which is part of the same volcanic system.</p>.<p>"The earthquake was felt widely in southern Iceland and the capital area," the Icelandic Meteorological Office said in a statement.</p>.<p>No damage or injuries were reported in the sparsely populated area, police said.</p>.<p>Geophysicist Pall Einarsson told public television RUV that the quake and its many aftershocks were not caused by magma movements and were not a sign of an impending volcanic eruption.</p>.<p>At 1,491 metres (4,892 feet), Hekla is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes with its latest eruption dating back to 2000.</p>.<p>Thursday's quake was "most likely caused by plate motion and not volcanic deformation," Kristin Jonsdottir, IMO earthquake hazards coordinator, added on Twitter.</p>.<p>A 5.7 tremor shook southwestern Iceland at the end of February, just weeks before a volcano began erupting near Mount Fagradalsfjall on March 19, 2021.</p>.<p>After spewing lava for six months, the magma stopped flowing in mid-September but it is still too early to say whether the volcanic activity has officially ended, according to vulcanologists.</p>.<p>Iceland is Europe's biggest and most active volcanic region.</p>.<p>The vast North Atlantic island borders the Arctic Circle where it straddles the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a crack on the ocean floor separating the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>