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Power restored after outages hit parts of Reykjavík and Mosfellsbær

From Morgunblaðið · () Icelandic

Translated from Icelandic and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • Veitur restored electricity to all areas affected by an evening outage.
  • The outage partially or fully affected Grafarholt and Grafarvogur in Reykjavík and Úlfarsárdalur in Mosfellsbær.
  • The fault occurred at a substation near Korpa, and officials said it was unlikely to be linked to a magnitude-3 earthquake near Lake Kleifarvatn.

Electricity has returned to all areas affected by an outage in parts of Reykjavík and Mosfellsbær, according to utility company Veitur.

The outage struck Grafarholt and Grafarvogur, in Reykjavík, and Úlfarsárdalur, in Mosfellsbær, shortly before 9 p.m. Some areas lost power completely, while others experienced partial outages.

Veitur said the fault occurred inside a substation near Korpa. It was not known with certainty whether the outage was connected to an earthquake near Lake Kleifarvatn around the same time. The company said that link was considered unlikely because the earthquake measured just over magnitude 3.

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Originally published by Morgunblaðið in Icelandic. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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