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Earthquakes in United Kingdom
Every earthquake in and around United Kingdom since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days0M2.5+
Past year2M2.5+
Magnitude 6+0since 1900
StrongestM 5.71931 · 103 km ENE of Easington, United Kingdom
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in United Kingdom
- 5.7 103 km ENE of Easington, United Kingdom Jun 7, 1931
- 5.0 5 km SSE of Criccieth, United Kingdom Jul 19, 1984
- 4.8 1 km NNE of Market Rasen, United Kingdom Feb 27, 2008
- 4.8 2 km ESE of Wombourn, United Kingdom Sep 22, 2002
- 4.7 4 km NNE of Presteigne, United Kingdom Apr 2, 1990
- 4.6 223 km ESE of Boddam, United Kingdom Sep 24, 2019
- 4.6 1 km WNW of Lympne, United Kingdom Apr 28, 2007
- 4.5 10 km N of Hirwaun, United Kingdom Oct 25, 1999
- 4.5 6 km SSE of Brampton, United Kingdom Dec 26, 1979
- 4.4 223 km ESE of Boddam, United Kingdom Jan 31, 2022
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 3.5 42 km WNW of Comrie, United Kingdom Apr 16, 2026
- 3.4 0 km ESE of Carnforth, United Kingdom Dec 3, 2025
- 3.9 29 km NW of Comrie, United Kingdom Oct 20, 2025
- 2.7 2 km SE of Cheadle, United Kingdom Jun 28, 2023
- 3.4 1 km ENE of Brynmawr, United Kingdom Feb 24, 2023
- 3.6 2 km ESE of Prees, United Kingdom May 30, 2022
- 3.2 5 km N of Hockley, United Kingdom Feb 21, 2022
- 4.4 223 km ESE of Boddam, United Kingdom Jan 31, 2022
- 3.1 18 km NW of Lochgilphead, United Kingdom Nov 16, 2021
- 3.1 5 km N of Aylesbury, United Kingdom Sep 22, 2020
- 3.9 2 km WSW of Pitstone, United Kingdom Sep 8, 2020
- 2.8 1 km NW of Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom Jan 23, 2020
- 3.4 1 km ESE of Taunton, United Kingdom Dec 5, 2019
- 4.6 223 km ESE of Boddam, United Kingdom Sep 24, 2019
- 3.0 7 km ESE of Swanage, United Kingdom May 19, 2019