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WEM,SHROPSHIRE

  1. Summary
  2. Maps
  3. Additional Information
  4. Did You Feel It?
  5. Macroseismic

Summary

DATE30/05/2022
ORIGIN TIME14:36:57.8 UTC
LOCATION 52.844 -2.645
DEPTH8 km
MAGNITUDE 3.8
LOCALITYWEM,SHROPSHIRE

Felt Shropshire and surrounding areas, mainly within around 50 km from the epicentre. Felt reports described, "house felt like it moved from left to right", "noticeable shaking through floor", "chair seemed to wobble", "felt an odd trembling through my office chair lasting around three seconds" and "all the windows rattled". This is the largest onshore event since a magnitude 3.8 earthquake near Grimsby, Lincolnshire on 9 June 2018. Location of today's event is around 45 km northwest of the magnitude 4.7 ML Dudley, West Midlands earthquake in 2002 and 50 km northeast of the magnitude 5.1 ML Bishop's Castle, Shropshire earthquake in 1990.

Maps


Macroseismic

Macroseismic intensities (EMS) calculated in 5 km grid squares from 631 felt reports. A minimum of five observations are needed to calculate an intensity. If there are less than five then the value is given as "felt". "not felt" means that reports explicitly stating that nothing was felt have been received.

Additional info

Did you feel it

If you did NOT feel the earthquake, or notice it at all, please tick here . This information will still be useful for our study.
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