This list contains information about background, tectonic earthquake activity in and around the British Isles. Seismic events for which there is strong evidence that they have been induced by human activities are in a separate list here.
Locations and magnitudes may change as events are re-analysed and revised.
Depths are rounded to the nearest km and all events shallower than 1 km are listed as 1 km. Magnitudes are local magnitude (ML) and are calculated to one decimal place, as is standard practice in earthquake seismology.
Date | Time (UTC) | Lat | Lon | Depth (km) | Mag | Int | Region | Comment |
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2023/01/26 | 20:23:51.0 | 56.990 | -5.277 | 7 | 1.8 | 3 | MURLAGGAN,HIGHLAND | FELT GLENFINNAN... |
2023/01/23 | 13:51:19.1 | 56.202 | -5.245 | 2 | 0.8 | EREDINE,ARGYLL & BUTE | 4KM SSE EREDINE | |
2023/01/20 | 03:08:27.8 | 49.513 | -2.006 | 9 | 1.6 | ENGLISH CHANNEL | 28KM NORTH JERSEY | |
2023/01/20 | 02:02:23.9 | 53.872 | -3.600 | 2 | 2.1 | IRISH SEA | 35KM WEST BLACKPOOL | |
2023/01/19 | 05:43:48.7 | 56.507 | -6.466 | 4 | 3.2 | 3 | MULL,ARGYLL & BUTE | FELT MULL... |
2023/01/18 | 21:05:02.8 | 54.024 | -4.322 | 2 | 0.6 | IRISH SEA | 17KM SE DOUGLAS,IOM | |
2023/01/10 | 11:10:57.5 | 56.510 | -6.349 | 2 | 1.7 | MULL,ARGYLL & BUTE | ||
2023/01/07 | 07:27:34.9 | 56.657 | -5.661 | 6 | 2.3 | 3 | STRONTIAN,HIGHLAND | FELT STRONTIAN... |
2023/01/03 | 06:20:44.4 | 56.383 | -5.853 | 2 | 1.7 | 3 | MULL,ARGYLL & BUTE | FELT MULL |
2023/01/02 | 21:06:19.9 | 54.265 | -2.487 | 7 | 1.3 | GAWTHROP,CUMBRIA | ||
2023/01/01 | 03:48:59.5 | 57.217 | -6.210 | 2 | 0.9 | SKYE,HIGHLAND | ||
2022/12/30 | 03:03:55.6 | 56.631 | -5.677 | 8 | 0.9 | STRONTIAN,HIGHLAND | 9KM SW STRONTIAN | |
2022/12/27 | 01:09:12.5 | 51.878 | -3.051 | 17 | 2.0 | LLANBEDR,POWYS | ||
2022/12/26 | 01:20:49.5 | 54.408 | -2.817 | 2 | 0.9 | STAVELEY,CUMBRIA | ||
2022/12/25 | 10:50:50.5 | 55.242 | -3.502 | 2 | 0.7 | ST ANN'S,D & G | ||
2022/12/22 | 16:56:24.6 | 56.634 | -5.649 | 7 | 0.9 | STRONTIAN,HIGHLAND | 8KM SW STRONTIAN | |
2022/12/22 | 16:04:27.9 | 55.921 | -5.304 | 8 | 1.0 | MELLDALLOCH,ARGYLL/BUTE | ||
2022/12/22 | 13:30:10.0 | 56.640 | -5.665 | 7 | 1.4 | STRONTIAN,HIGHLAND | 8KM SW STRONTIAN | |
2022/12/21 | 10:26:41.4 | 55.994 | -5.240 | 4 | 1.3 | GLENDARUEL,ARGYLL/BUTE | ||
2022/12/16 | 10:26:40.0 | 57.649 | -5.302 | 8 | 1.0 | KINLOCHEWE,HIGHLAND | 5KM NORTH KINLOCHEWE | |
2022/12/16 | 08:37:39.7 | 56.594 | -4.115 | 7 | 0.9 | GLENLYON,PERTH/KINROSS | ||
2022/12/11 | 22:39:09.9 | 56.517 | -5.646 | 2 | 0.7 | INNINBEG,HIGHLAND | 6KM EAST INNINBEG | |
2022/12/11 | 22:27:56.8 | 53.972 | 0.403 | 4 | 1.5 | SOUTHERN NORTH SEA | 40KM ESE BRIDLINGTON | |
2022/12/11 | 05:10:52.4 | 56.373 | -5.492 | 2 | 0.4 | LERAGS,ARGYLL & BUTE | ||
2022/12/08 | 04:26:52.0 | 54.671 | -3.131 | 7 | 0.3 | BASSENTHWAITE,CUMBRIA | ||
2022/12/07 | 00:16:46.8 | 51.692 | -4.168 | 12 | 1.1 | LLANELLI,DYFED | ||
2022/12/05 | 20:30:25.7 | 56.008 | -5.123 | 7 | 1.0 | CRAIGENDIVE,ARGYLL/BUTE | ||
2022/12/05 | 01:48:09.7 | 51.047 | -2.709 | 10 | 0.9 | SOMERTON,SOMERSET |