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There are more than 100 seismograph stations across the UK which measure earthquakes Gwynedd has been revealed as one of the UK's earthquake hotspots. A new map published on National Richter Scale ...
Houses in parts of the UK were left shaking this morning after an earthquake hit off the coast of Shetland. The British Geological Survey said a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck around 11 miles ...
Staying at home has led to a notable reduction in the hum of ground vibrations in the UK generated by human activities such as air and road traffic and industrial work, geoscientists have said.
The safe operation of EDF Energy’s nuclear power stations, a fleet of 14 Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) which provide about 15% of the UK’s electricity, is crucial to ensuring enough electricity ...
Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone ...
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Each station captures data about how much the earth moves and vibrates during a temblor and how much energy moves out from the hypocenter, or the site of an earthquake under the planet's surface.
How many earthquakes happen in the UK and how powerful do they tend to be? The earthquake that hit Ramsgate on Friday measured 4.2 on the Richter scale. Lizzie Dearden.