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Earthquakes in the United Kingdom
ShareUSGS has not recorded an earthquake in the United Kingdom in the last 30 days. The largest ever recorded here is M 5.7, 103 km ENE of Easington, United Kingdom, on 1931-06-07.
Nothing recorded in the last 30 days
USGS logged 3 events here in the last year. The historical record is below.
Recent earthquakes in the United Kingdom
USGS has not located an earthquake in the United Kingdom in the last 30 days. That is normal for this area: it recorded 3 in the last year.
The largest on record in the United Kingdom
Since 1900, when the instrumental record becomes usable. The largest is M 5.7 at 103 km ENE of Easington, United Kingdom on 1931-06-07: moderate: can damage poorly built structures.
Largest since 1900 USGS
| Magnitude | Location | Date | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| M 5.7 | 103 km ENE of Easington, United Kingdom | 1931-06-07 | 15.0 km deep |
| M 5.0 | 5 km SSE of Criccieth, United Kingdom | 1984-07-19 | 12.9 km deep |
| M 5.0 | 198 km WSW of Åkrehamn, Norway | 2017-06-30 | 10.0 km deep |
| M 4.8 | 2 km ESE of Wombourn, United Kingdom | 2002-09-22 | 9.4 km deep |
| M 4.8 | 1 km NNE of Market Rasen, United Kingdom | 2008-02-27 | 18.4 km deep |
| M 4.7 | 4 km NNE of Presteigne, United Kingdom | 1990-04-02 | 18.0 km deep |
| M 4.7 | 169 km ESE of Lerwick, United Kingdom | 2000-12-08 | 10.0 km deep |
| M 4.6 | 34 km NNW of Fécamp, France | 1999-10-06 | 1.0 km deep |
| M 4.6 | 1 km WNW of Lympne, United Kingdom | 2007-04-28 | 10.0 km deep |
| M 4.6 | 223 km ESE of Boddam, United Kingdom | 2019-09-24 | 10.0 km deep |
How these numbers were counted
Counts include every earthquake of magnitude 1.0 and above that USGS located in the United Kingdom. The search is a latitude and longitude rectangle covering the United Kingdom. No region is a rectangle, so events just outside the border can appear; each row shows the location text USGS published, which names the nearest town. Full method, including why counts from different places are not comparable.
Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (FDSN event service). Retrieved 2026-08-10. Public domain.