Earthquakes in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, there are only light earthquakes, which can cause perceptible vibrations, but often do little damage. Measured by the size of the country, earthquakes occur rather rarely.
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Earthquakes in the United Kingdom since 1950

The strongest earthquake in the United Kingdom happened on 09/22/2002 in the Mansfield, Dudley region with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale.

Date	Region	Depth	Magnitude
02/27/2008	England (Lincolnshire)	47 km	4.8
04/28/2007	England (Folkestone)	11 km	4.6
09/22/2002	Mansfield, Dudley	14 km	4.8
04/02/1990	Manchester, Liverpool	31 km	4.7
07/19/1984	Wales	10 km	4.7

These statistics are based on datas from the National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): Significant Earthquake Database. doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K. Data have been summarized and translated.

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