Strong Quake Shakes Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland-A powerful earthquake shook Iceland on Thursday, rocking buildings in the capital, touching off landslides and forcing residents in outlying towns to evacuate. Channel 2 television reported injuries, though it was not immediately clear how many.The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.1 magnitude quake hit at 3:46 p.m., with its epicenter near the town of Selfoss, 30 miles east, southeast of the capital, Reykjavik. Sharp aftershocks are feared in the southwest of the country within the next few hours, and police traveled around the nearby town of Hveragerdi, 28 miles east of Reykjavik, with a bullhorn, advising residents to stay outdoors.Amateur video footage aired on the national broadcaster RUV television showed rocks tumbling down the sides of jagged peaks in Vestmannaeyjum, a small archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. Residents in the capital felt buildings shake. The road between Reykjavik and Selfoss was closed by quake damage, RUV said.Don Blakeman, an earthquake analyst at the U.S. Geological Survey in Boulder, Colorado, said earlier, less reliable readings had indicated the quake could have been as powerful as a magnitude 6.7."It looks like a 6.1 or a 6.2," he said by telephone. "As this part of Iceland sits on the north Atlantic ridge, it's not uncommon for there to be earthquakes."

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