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Revision as of 19:23, 21 June 2010

The following is a list of notable earthquakes that have been detected in the United Kingdom.

On average several hundred earthquakes are detected by the British Geological Survey each year, but almost all are far too faint to be felt by humans. Those that are felt generally cause very little damage.

Nonetheless, earthquakes have on occasion resulted in considerable damage, the most notable being in 1580 and 1884; Musson (2003) reports that there have been ten documented fatalities – six due to people being struck by falling masonry, and four due to building collapse.

Earthquakes

For earthquakes prior to the modern era, the magnitude and epicentre location are only approximate, and were calculated based on available reports from the time. The strength where given is measured using the Richter scale.

Date Epicentre M Notes
974 England [1]
May 1, 1048 Midlands Felt in Worcester, Warwick and Derby
July 4, 1060 England
April 22, 1076 England Also felt in France and Denmark
August 11, 1089 England
August 28, 1119 Western England
July 25, 1122 Somerset and Gloucestershire
December 5, 1129 England
August 4, 1133 England
May 1, 1158 England
January 26, 1165 East Anglia
April 25, 1180 Nottinghamshire
April 15, 1185 Lincoln Lincoln Cathedral badly damaged
January, 1199 Scotland
April 23, 1228 England
June 1, 1246 Canterbury
February 13, 1247 London [2]
February 20, 1247 Wales ~5.5 Damage to St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.
December 21, 1248 South West England Wells Cathedral reported to have been badly damaged
February 19, 1249 South Wales
September 11, 1275 Southern England In Glastonbury, the Abbey was damaged and the Church of St. Michael on the Torr Hill destroyed
January 4, 1299 South East England Felt in Kent and Middlesex, may have caused the collapse of St Andrew's church Hitchin
May 21, 1318 England
March 28, 1343 Eastern England Felt in Lincolnshire
March 27, 1349 Eastern England Felt in Beverley
May 21, 1382 Canterbury ~5.8 The bell tower of the cathedral was "severally damaged" and the six bells "shook down". Cloister walls to Dormitory were ruined. Felt in London and lent its name to the "Earthquake Synod. "
May 24, 1382 Canterbury ~5.0 Aftershock of May 21 earthquake
December 28, 1480 Norfolk
September 19, 1508 North Sea Felt in England and Scotland. Recent studies suggest that this earthquake may have been as large as magnitude 7.0, with the epicenter in fact in the area north west of Scotland.[3]
July, 1534 North Wales ~4.5 Felt in Dublin, Ireland.
May 25, 1551 Croydon [4]
February 26, 1575 West Midlands ~5.0 Felt as far apart as York and Bristol
April 6, 1580 Straits of Dover ~5.8 First recorded fatality. See Dover Straits earthquake of 1580
May 1, 1580 Straits of Dover ~4.4 Principal aftershock of the Dover Straits earthquake of 1580 felt as far as Gravesend
July 23, 1597 Scotland ~4.6 Felt all over the Highlands
December 24, 1601 North Sea Felt in London and the east of England
February, 1602 North Sea
November 8, 1608 Comrie ~4.6
March 2, 1622 Scotland
April 11, 1650 Cumberland ~4.9
June, 1668 Borders
October 6, 1683 Derby ~4.7 First British earthquake surveyed by the British Geological Survey
August 27, 1690 Carmarthen ~4.7 Also felt in Nantwich, Cheshire and Bideford, Devon
October 7, 1690 Caernarfon ~5.2 Felt from Dublin to London
September 8, 1692 Brabant, Belgium ~5.8 Felt in most parts of England, France, Germany and the Netherlands.[5]
December 28, 1703 Hull ~4.2
October 25, 1726 Dorchester ~3.3 [6]
July 19, 1727 Swansea ~5.2
March 1, 1728 Galashiels ~4.2 No damage caused
October 25, 1734 Portsmouth ~4.5 Also felt in France
April 30, 1736 Ochil Hills ~2.7 Aftershocks also felt on May 1
July 1, 1747 Taunton ~3.5
May 17, 1749 Wimborne Minster ~3.4
February 8, 1750 London ~2.6 [7]
March 8, 1750 London ~3.1 The last earthquake to have an epicentre in London.
March 18, 1750 Portsmouth ~4.3
April 2, 1750 Chester ~4.0
May 4, 1750 Wimborne [8]
August 23, 1750 North Sea ~4.7
September 30, 1750 Leicester ~4.1
April 8, 1753 Skipton ~4.0
April 19, 1754 Whitby ~4.4
August 1, 1755 Lincoln ~4.2
January 10, 1757 Norwich ~3.3
May 17, 1757 Todmorden ~3.2
July 15, 1757 Penzance ~4.4
August 12, 1757 Holyhead ~3.5
June 9, 1761 Shaftesbury ~3.4 [9]
November 6, 1764 Oxford ~3.4
May 15, 1768 Wensleydale ~4.4
October 24, 1768 Inverness ~3.4
December 21, 1768 Tewkesbury ~4.1
April 2, 1769 South Molton ~3.2
November 14, 1769 Inverness Several fatalities
April 22, 1773 Caernarfon ~3.7
April 23, 1773 Channel Islands ~4.4 Felt in Dorset and Northern France
September 8, 1775 Swansea ~5.1
November 28, 1776 Dover Straits ~4.1
September 14, 1777 Manchester ~4.4 Felt widely in Manchester, Macclesfield, Preston, Wigan, Stockport and the surrounding area
August 29, 1780 Llanrwst ~3.8
December 9, 1780 Wensleydale ~4.8
October 5, 1782 Amlwch ~3.7
August 10, 1783 Launceston ~3.6
August 11, 1786 Whitehaven ~5.0
May 4, 1789 Barnstaple ~2.9
March 2, 1792 Stamford ~4.1
January 2 and March 12, 1795 Comrie
November 18, 1795 Derbyshire ~4.7
August 4, 1797 Argyll ~3.8
March 12, 1800 Conwy ~3.3
June 1, 1801 Chester ~3.6
September 7, 1801 Comrie ~4.6 Climax of an earthquake swarm in Comrie lasting between 1788 and 1801
October 21, 1802 Carmarthen ~3.3
January 12, 1805 Ruthin ~3.0
April 21, 1805 Stafford ~3.2
January 18, 1809 Strathearn ~3.2
January 31 and February 1, 1809 Strontian
November 30, 1811 Chichester ~3.4
May 1, 1812 Neath ~3.0
March 17, 1816 Mansfield ~4.2
August 13, 1816 Inverness ~5.1
April 23, 1817 West Scotland ~4.5
December 25, 1820 Kintail ~3.4
October 22, 1821 Rothesay ~3.2
October 23, 1821 Comrie ~3.0
January 18, 1822 Holme-on-Spalding-Moor [10]
April 13, 1822 Comrie ~2.9
December 6, 1824 Chichester ~2.9
February 9, 1827 Caernarfon ~2.8
March 2, 1831 Deal ~3.1
July 28, 1832 Chester ~3.0
December 30, 1832 Swansea ~4.3
September 18, 1833 to August 27, 1834 Chichester One fatality
August 20, 1835 Lancaster ~4.4
October 20, 1837 Tavistock ~3.2
March 20, 1839 Invergarry ~3.2
June 11, 1839 Rochdale ~2.9
September 1, 1839 Monmouth ~3.5
October 23, 1839 Comrie, Comrie ~4.8 This was the largest of all known Comrie earthquakes, and was felt over most of Scotland. It caused a dam near Stirling to breach.
January 18-19, and October 26, 1840 Comrie A monument to the first of these earthquakes was found in 1993 and now belongs to the Perth Museum.
March 12, 1841 Comrie ~3.1
July 30, 1841 Comrie ~3.9
December 20, 1841 Kintail ~3.0
August 15, 1842 Caernarfon ~3.0
February 25, 1843 Argyll ~3.4
March 10, 1843 Todmorden ~3.1
March 17, 1843 Irish Sea ~5.0
December 22, 1843 Channel Islands ~4.4 Felt in Devon.
January 18, 1844 Comrie ~3.9
November 24, 1846 Comrie ~3.0
November 16, 1847 Newport ~3.1
April 3, 1852 Wells ~3.2
June 1, 1852 Swansea ~2.9
August 12, 1852 Callington ~3.4
November 9, 1852 Caernarfon ~5.3 Felt over a large area, from Galway, Glasgow and London
February 19, 1853 Inverness ~3.9
March 27, 1853 Hereford ~3.8
April 1, 1853 Coutances, France ~5.2 Felt on the south coast of England.
April 1, 1858 Liskeard ~2.9
September 29, 1858 Okehampton ~2.5
June 6, 1858 Stratherrick ~3.7
August 13, 1859 Ixworth ~2.8
October 21, 1859 Padstow ~4.0
December 15, 1859 Settle ~3.0
January 13, 1860 Newquay ~4.0
October 6, 1863 Hereford ~5.2 Felt in Kent by Charles Dickens
August 21, 1864 Lewes ~3.1
September 26, 1864 Todmorden ~3.5
February 15, 1865 Barrow in Furness ~2.2
February 27, 1867 Grasmere ~2.7 An account of this earthquake was written by Harriet Martineau
May 8, 1867 Comrie ~3.0
January 4, 1868 Langport ~3.0
October 30, 1868 Neath ~4.9 Felt as far away as Manchester and Blackheath
January 9, 1869 Ixworth ~3.1
March 9, 1869 Spean Bridge ~3.1
March 15, 1869 Rochdale ~3.6
March 17, 1871 Appleby ~4.9
April 15, 1871 Dunoon ~3.1
August 8, 1872 Dunblane ~2.9
November 15, 1874 Caernarfon ~3.5
March 11 and April 23, 1877 Mull
April 8, 1879 Caernarfon
November 28, 1880 Argyll ~5.2 Largest recorded earthquake in Scotland.
January 16, 1883 Abergavenny ~3.8
June 25, 1883 Launceston ~4.2
April 22, 1884 Colchester ~4.6 The most damaging earthquake since 1580. At least Two fatalities reported. Felt in France and Belgium. See 1884 Colchester earthquake
June 18, 1885 Market Weighton
November 2, 1893 Carmarthen ~5.0
December 17, 1896 Hereford ~5.3 [11]
September 18, 1901 Inverness ~5.0
June 19, 1903 Caernarfon 4.9
June 27, 1906 Swansea 5.2 One of the most damaging British earthquakes of the 20th century[12]
January 14, 1916 Stafford 4.6 Felt from Lancaster to Bristol.
July 30, 1926 Jersey
August 15, 1926 Ludlow 4.8
January 24, 1927 North Sea 5.7
June 7, 1931 Dogger Bank, North Sea 6.1 Strongest officially recorded. See 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake
December 12, 1940 North Wales 4.7 An elderly woman was killed after she fell down the stairs.[13]
December 30, 1944 Skipton 4.8 Felt throughout northern England
February 11, 1957 Derby 5.3 Felt across central England
February 9, 1958 North Sea 5.1 Felt throughout eastern England
9 August 1970 Kirkby Stephen 4.1
August 10, 1974 Kintail 4.4
December 26, 1979 Longtown, Cumbria 4.7 Felt throughout northern England and southern Scotland.
July 19, 1984 Llŷn Peninsula 5.4 Felt across Ireland and western Great Britain. See 1984 Llŷn Peninsula earthquake
September 29, 1986 Oban 4.1
April 2, 1990 Bishop's Castle, Shropshire 5.1 Felt throughout most of England and Wales; numerous chimneys collapsed in Shrewsbury. See 1990 Bishop's Castle earthquake
February 15, 1994 Norwich 4.0
March 4, 1999 Isle of Arran 4.0
September 23, 2000 Warwick 4.2 Felt across the Midlands
October 28, 2001 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire 4.1 Felt across the East Midlands
September 23, 2002 Dudley 4.7 Felt between Liverpool and London. See 2002 Dudley earthquake
October 21, 2002 Manchester 3.9 Largest event in an earthquake swarm that occurred in the centre of Manchester during October and November 2002. Followed by a 3.5 magnitude event 22 seconds later.[14]
December 26, 2006 Dumfries 3.6
April 28, 2007 Folkestone, Kent 4.3 See 2007 Kent earthquake
February 27, 2008 Market Rasen, Lincolnshire 5.2 Felt widely in England and Wales. See 2008 Lincolnshire earthquake.
October 26, 2008 Bromyard, Herefordshire 3.6
15 January 2009 Shetland Isles, Scotland 3.3 [15]
3 March 2009 Folkestone, Kent 2.8 [16]
11 April 2009 Goxhill, North Lincolnshire 3.0 [17]
28 April 2009 Ulverston, Cumbria 3.7 Felt around Barrow, Kendal, Windermere, Fleetwood and the North Lancaster area.[18][19]
5 June 2009 Port Talbot, Wales 3.0 Felt at Nantyfyllon 10  km Northeast of Port Talbot.[20][21]
7 June 2010 Dumfries, Scotland 2.3 No damage was done by the earthquake and people felt the quake. [3]
19 June 2010 Gainsborough, England 2.7 [4]
21 June 2010 Birmingham, England 2.3 [5]

References

  1. ^ Stratton, J.M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.
  2. ^ 'Book 1, Ch. 3: King John to Edward I', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 37-56. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46720&strquery=earthquake. Date accessed: 12 March 2007.
  3. ^ BGS 2007 Annual report - Has the UK experienced a major earthquake in historical times? Page 25
  4. ^ 'Croydon', The Environs of London: volume 1: County of Surrey (1792), pp. 170-201. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45377&strquery=earthquake. Date accessed: 12 March 2007.
  5. ^ 'Book 1, Ch. 17: From the Revolution to the death of William III', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 272-88. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46734&strquery=earthquake. Date accessed: 12 March 2007.
  6. ^ "Extract of letter from Weymouth dated 19.11.1726 relating to the earthquake which was felt there on Tuesday the 25th of last month", Norris's Taunton Journal
  7. ^ x. u21 Gentleman's Magazine Vol. 20 Feb 1750 p. 89
  8. ^ "Earthquake 10 am 04.05.1750. Cat. No. 109. Winborne (sic), Cashmoor, Shapeele, and Eastbrook" Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 46, 689-91
  9. ^ "Earthquake Cat. No. 135, at Sherborne, Shaftesbury and area on 09.06.1761 at 11.45 am", Gentleman's Magazine 31, 282.
  10. ^ 'Holme, East - Holt', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 533-37. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51039&strquery=earthquake. Date accessed: 12 March 2007.
  11. ^ The Times, Friday, Dec 18, 1896; pg. 9; Issue 35077; col E
  12. ^ The day an earthquake hit Swansea
  13. ^ Earthquakes in Wales
  14. ^ Manchester earthquake sequence
  15. ^ "Earthquake shakes Shetland awake". BBC News. January 15, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  16. ^ "Second earthquake hits coast town". BBC News. March 3, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  17. ^ [1]
  18. ^ "Tremor strikes north-west England". BBC News. April 28, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
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  20. ^ "Residents feel shaking in quake". BBC News. June 6, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  21. ^ http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/20090605194206.6.html
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