Earthquakes
(asked on 8th September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many earthquakes have been recorded in the UK in the last 12 months with a magnitude of over two; and where they have been located.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
In the last 12 months a total of 23 earthquakes have been recorded in the UK with a magnitude of over two. Details of the locality, date and magnitude are provided in the table below:
Date | Time (GMT) | Magnitude | Locality |
24/09/2019 | 13:38:15 | 4.2 | CENTRAL NORTH SEA |
02/10/2019 | 19:22:07 | 2.4 | MELTON MOWBRAY LEICS |
05/10/2019 | 15:35:47 | 2.1 | SOUTHERN NORTH SEA |
14/10/2019 | 16:51:49 | 2.4 | BISHOP'S CASTLE SALOP |
08/11/2019 | 16:12:07 | 2.3 | HALIFAX WEST YORKSHIRE |
17/11/2019 | 22:31:54 | 2.1 | MULL ARGYLL & BUTE |
05/12/2019 | 22:49:18 | 3.2 | BRIDGWATER SOMERSET |
15/12/2019 | 21:19:53 | 2.1 | IRISH SEA |
07/01/2020 | 10:36:46 | 2.3 | ARNISDALE HIGHLAND |
23/01/2020 | 05:57:00 | 3.1 | STOCKTON COUNTY DURHAM |
31/01/2020 | 11:53:34 | 2.2 | NORTHAMPTON NORTHANTS |
01/02/2020 | 01:20:28 | 2.9 | SOUTHERN NORTH SEA |
01/02/2020 | 01:19:39 | 2.7 | SOUTHERN NORTH SEA |
07/02/2020 | 15:04:52 | 2.4 | SOUTHERN NORTH SEA |
22/02/2020 | 18:43:02 | 4 | CENTRAL NORTH SEA |
24/03/2020 | 17:19:20 | 2.3 | PONTRILAS HEREFORDSHIRE |
27/03/2020 | 03:25:28 | 2.8 | SOUTHERN NORTH SEA |
04/04/2020 | 15:28:17 | 2.2 | BRACKLEY NORTHANTS |
23/04/2020 | 05:30:50 | 3.3 | SOUTHERN NORTH SEA |
04/06/2020 | 12:48:16 | 2.1 | WALSALL WEST MIDLANDS |
06/06/2020 | 14:22:39 | 2.2 | COMRIE PERTH & KINROSS |
21/08/2020 | 17:41:52 | 2.6 | SKYE HIGHLAND |
08/09/2020 | 08:45:29 | 3.5 | LEIGHTON BUZZARD BEDS |
Data supplied by the British Geological Survey.