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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Anthropogenic earthquakes in the UK: A national baseline prior to shale exploitation. Marine and Petroleum Geology , 2015; DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.08.023 Cite This Page : ...

By analysing months- to years-long datasets from over 300 seismic stations around the world, our study was able to show that seismic noise was reduced in many countries.

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On the afternoon of January 12, 2010, a magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck about 16 miles west of Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince. Among the most significant seismic disasters recorded, more than ...

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.

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.