Per Ice News, Iceland has had “438 earthquakes” in 48 hours, mostly small tremors and aftershocks but still an enormous amount of seismic activity. The most notable earthquake registered at 6.1 on the Richter Scale, per BBC.

Twitterers in Iceland documented a number of quakes at different times in the last 24 hours:

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   hafnfjord (Iceland) Earthquake in Iceland, about 5 on the Richter scale, I felt it really well. http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/en… 29 May 2009 from web
2. 
   Septemborg (Reykjavik, Iceland) earthquake in iceland – 4,7. We felt it in Reykjavik. Origin near blue lagoon 29 May 2009 from web
3. 
   gummirk (Iceland) well Iceland had an earthquake. Thankfully they build houses extra strong here but it is still damn uncomrtable to experience 30 May 2009 from web
4. 
   oloferla (Iceland) Earthquake in Iceland 4.7! Scary to feel the earth move! 30 May 2009 from web
5. 
   jakobjs (Reykjavik, Iceland) wow, we just had an earthquake in Reykjavik Iceland 30 May 2009 from web
6. 
   hafnfjord (Iceland) Continuing earthquakes here in Iceland, 16 larger than 3 on the Richters scale. The largest one around 5. 30 May 2009 from web

Some pointed out that Saturday’s quakes occurred on the one-year anniversary of a 6.3-magnitude Icelandic earthquake.

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   eddakentish (Reykjavik, Iceland) - the ground is shaking in Reykjavík, Iceland – sure this day will be appointed ‘National Earthquake Day’ … 1 @ the same date last yr 2! 29 May 2009 from web
2. 
   hjortur (Reykjavik, Iceland) Today it’s 1yr since the big 6.3 earthquake here in Iceland. Earth decided to celebrate it with a 4.7 earthquake today! 29 May 2009 from Twitterrific

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