According to BGS's tracker, none of the 43 UK earthquakes recorded in the past 60 days have registered any higher than 2.0 ML. The highest (2.0 ML) hit just east of the small Yorkshire village of ...

BRITAIN experienced an earthquake in the early hours of Thursday morning when a magnitude-2.8 tremor struck Stockton-on-Tees in the North East of England. But how many earthquakes happen in the UK ...

Earthquakes today: Across the UK earthquakes often occur, but not very high magnitudes (Image: BGS) "There are about 200 a year actually but only about 10 percent of them are felt by the general ...

"So if the tectonic situation of the UK results in one 3.5 magnitude earthquake on average every year, then typically one should get ten of 2.5, 100 of 1.5 and so on.

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A 3.2 magnitude earthquake left Birmingham residents startled in February 2022. This is only one of 25 earthquakes already detected in the UK in 2022 – here’s where they hit. What earth… ...

In fact, earthquakes, in general, are not extraordinary events in this country, Mr Hawthorn added, explaining: “The fault map of the UK looks insane - we’re just riddled with plains of weakness.