UK Earthquakes and Seismic Activity
Recent seismic events recorded by the British Geological Survey, roughly the last 60 days
The BGS Earthquake Seismology Team is the UK's national earthquake monitoring agency, operating a
network of sensors across the country to monitor British and overseas earthquakes and provide
objective information to government, industry and the public. They maintain a long-running archive of
seismological records, use the data to investigate the nature and distribution of earthquake activity
and its underlying forces, and use seismic waves from earthquakes to help image the interior of the
Earth itself.
44
events logged, last 60 days
3.3
largest magnitude — Southern North Sea
Loch Affric,highland
most recent — 2026-11-12 15:34 UTC
Epicentre Map
Circle size and colour scale with magnitude — click a pin for its full details (click the popup
text itself to jump to that row in the table below), or click a table row to zoom the map in on it.
Magnitude Over Time
Hover a bar for its full details, or click it to locate that event on the map above.
Recent Events
Sorted closest to Southampton first — click any row to zoom the map in on it.
| Date/Time (UTC) |
Location |
Distance from Southampton |
Depth (km) |
Magnitude |
| 2026-10-03 16:56 |
Caerleon,gwent |
84 mi (136 km) |
16 |
0.7
|
| 2026-10-03 14:51 |
Caerleon,gwent |
85 mi (137 km) |
15 |
1.3
|
| 2026-09-19 13:36 |
Llangynidr,powys |
101 mi (163 km) |
8 |
1.0
|
| 2026-11-09 15:29 |
Coldridge,devon |
108 mi (173 km) |
5 |
1.0
|
| 2026-11-11 17:38 |
Coldridge,devon |
108 mi (174 km) |
8 |
0.7
|
| 2026-11-09 16:33 |
Coldridge,devon |
108 mi (174 km) |
4 |
1.4
|
| 2026-11-09 15:27 |
Coldridge,devon |
108 mi (175 km) |
5 |
1.9
|
| 2026-11-09 15:09 |
Coldridge,devon |
109 mi (175 km) |
3 |
2.5
|
| 2026-11-09 16:51 |
Coldridge,devon |
109 mi (175 km) |
4 |
1.5
|
| 2026-11-09 15:13 |
Coldridge,devon |
109 mi (175 km) |
6 |
1.1
|
| 2026-10-16 23:28 |
Abercraf,powys |
118 mi (191 km) |
8 |
0.5
|
| 2026-10-02 05:56 |
Seagrave,leicestershire |
130 mi (209 km) |
5 |
1.4
|
| 2026-10-02 00:33 |
Stoke-on-trent,staffs |
151 mi (243 km) |
4 |
0.7
|
| 2026-10-29 07:16 |
South Kyme,lincs |
156 mi (251 km) |
17 |
1.2
|
| 2026-09-24 15:02 |
Talyllyn,gwynedd |
162 mi (260 km) |
16 |
1.0
|
| 2026-09-24 15:00 |
Talyllyn,gwynedd |
163 mi (262 km) |
14 |
2.7
|
| 2026-10-26 04:24 |
Ingham,lincolnshire |
172 mi (277 km) |
19 |
1.0
|
| 2026-10-09 15:02 |
Southern North Sea |
187 mi (300 km) |
9 |
2.1
|
| 2026-09-18 13:04 |
Southern North Sea |
190 mi (305 km) |
9 |
3.3
|
| 2026-10-24 05:17 |
Southern North Sea |
192 mi (308 km) |
17 |
2.2
|
| 2026-10-24 05:19 |
Southern North Sea |
193 mi (311 km) |
15 |
1.8
|
| 2026-10-17 05:12 |
Gomersal,w Yorkshire |
196 mi (315 km) |
3 |
0.9
|
| 2026-10-12 10:42 |
Buttercrambe,n Yorks |
217 mi (349 km) |
23 |
2.6
|
| 2026-11-09 08:51 |
Irish Sea |
226 mi (364 km) |
1 |
1.0
|
| 2026-10-05 07:38 |
Halton,lancashire |
228 mi (367 km) |
13 |
1.0
|
| 2026-09-22 11:46 |
Silverdale,lancashire |
233 mi (376 km) |
3 |
1.5
|
| 2026-09-21 08:38 |
Silverdale,lancashire |
234 mi (376 km) |
3 |
2.7
|
| 2026-09-25 05:57 |
Ettrickbridge,borders |
325 mi (523 km) |
3 |
0.5
|
| 2026-09-28 19:49 |
North Channel |
369 mi (594 km) |
10 |
0.9
|
| 2026-10-13 17:54 |
Glendaruel,argyll/bute |
386 mi (622 km) |
11 |
1.2
|
| 2026-09-21 16:03 |
Milford,co Donegal |
393 mi (633 km) |
5 |
0.8
|
| 2026-09-23 04:18 |
Comrie,perth And Kinross |
396 mi (638 km) |
7 |
0.5
|
| 2026-11-01 12:20 |
Killin,stirling |
402 mi (646 km) |
6 |
0.6
|
| 2026-09-22 19:26 |
Tyndrum,stirling |
403 mi (649 km) |
10 |
0.3
|
| 2026-09-22 19:28 |
Tyndrum,stirling |
404 mi (650 km) |
8 |
1.2
|
| 2026-10-11 05:13 |
Loch Laidon,p And K |
415 mi (668 km) |
6 |
0.2
|
| 2026-11-03 12:31 |
Loch Laidon,p And K |
415 mi (668 km) |
4 |
0.6
|
| 2026-09-17 11:19 |
Mull,argyll And Bute |
418 mi (673 km) |
3 |
0.8
|
| 2026-10-09 05:24 |
Mull,argyll And Bute |
419 mi (674 km) |
3 |
1.4
|
| 2026-10-31 10:25 |
Roybridge,highland |
432 mi (696 km) |
3 |
0.6
|
| 2026-10-12 23:51 |
Mull,argyll And Bute |
443 mi (712 km) |
6 |
1.3
|
| 2026-11-12 15:34 |
Loch Affric,highland |
462 mi (743 km) |
3 |
0.8
|
| 2026-10-06 05:36 |
Inverinate,highland |
468 mi (753 km) |
7 |
0.7
|
| 2026-09-23 10:22 |
Skye,highland |
475 mi (764 km) |
8 |
0.9
|
Magnitude Scale
Most UK earthquakes are small (magnitude 3 or below) and are only detectable with sensitive
instruments — the UK sits away from any tectonic plate boundary, so tremors here are caused by
slow-building stress within the Earth's crust rather than plate-edge activity, which is also why they're
rarely felt and very rarely cause any damage.
Today's Realtime Helicorder
A helicorder is the classic continuous seismometer trace, showing every vibration picked up by a
BGS monitoring station through the day, wrapped into rows so a full 24 hours fits on one chart.
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