UK Earthquakes and Seismic Activity

The BGS Earthquake Seismology Team is the UK's national earthquake monitoring agency. They operate a network of sensors across the UK to monitor both British and overseas earthquakes, and provide objective information to government, industry and public.

They issue bulletins of earthquake activity and maintain an archive of seismological information and records. They use the data we collect to investigate the nature and distribution of earthquake activity and their driving forces, to improve understanding of earthquake hazard.
They also use the seismic waves from earthquakes to image the interior of the Earth and develop models of Earth structure.
Recent UK Earthquakes from BGS




Earthquakes from around the British Isles recorded in the last 50 days
Updated: 09/06/2026 05:06
Epicenter NearMagnitudeDistance from
Southampton
Local TimeLink to
Map
SILVERDALE,LANCASHIRE 0.7 234 mi (376 km) 07/06/2026 20:31 Map
SILVERDALE,LANCASHIRE 1.1 233 mi (376 km) 07/06/2026 18:13 Map
SILVERDALE,LANCASHIRE 2.2 234 mi (376 km) 06/06/2026 22:35 Map
LOCHBROOM,HIGHLAND 1.0 497 mi (800 km) 05/06/2026 06:14 Map
ATHERTON,GTR MANCHESTER 1.4 188 mi (302 km) 31/05/2026 22:55 Map
INVERIE,HIGHLAND 0.4 459 mi (739 km) 31/05/2026 00:38 Map
PUBIL,PERTH & KINROSS 0.8 410 mi (659 km) 29/05/2026 20:04 Map
PUBIL,PERTH & KINROSS 0.5 411 mi (661 km) 29/05/2026 09:04 Map
SOUTHERN NORTH SEA 2.3 275 mi (442 km) 26/05/2026 22:11 Map
BADACHRO,HIGHLAND 0.8 501 mi (807 km) 26/05/2026 04:39 Map
ENGLISH CHANNEL 2.2 106 mi (171 km) 24/05/2026 21:10 Map
LOCHALINE,HIGHLAND 0.9 429 mi (690 km) 22/05/2026 00:27 Map
BRAMHAM,WEST YORKSHIRE 1.2 205 mi (330 km) 21/05/2026 23:44 Map
BARRISDALE,HIGHLAND 2.6 457 mi (736 km) 20/05/2026 13:23 Map
DALAVICH,ARGYLL & BUTE 0.9 404 mi (650 km) 19/05/2026 11:23 Map
CELTIC SEA 0.8 240 mi (386 km) 17/05/2026 13:08 Map
PUBIL,PERTH & KINROSS 0.0 409 mi (658 km) 17/05/2026 05:38 Map
LERAGS,ARGYLL & BUTE 0.5 412 mi (664 km) 17/05/2026 00:55 Map
SILVERDALE,LANCASHIRE 2.3 233 mi (376 km) 13/05/2026 10:11 Map
WISTON,DYFED 1.4 165 mi (266 km) 12/05/2026 19:22 Map
BROTTON,NORTH YORKSHIRE 1.7 253 mi (407 km) 12/05/2026 14:13 Map
LLANBISTER,POWYS 2.7 131 mi (212 km) 12/05/2026 08:33 Map
GLENDARUEL,ARGYLL/BUTE 0.7 387 mi (623 km) 11/05/2026 02:16 Map
MULL,ARGYLL & BUTE 1.9 441 mi (711 km) 10/05/2026 05:33 Map
MULL,ARGYLL & BUTE 1.1 440 mi (709 km) 09/05/2026 14:11 Map
GLENSANDA,HIGHLAND 1.1 431 mi (694 km) 09/05/2026 00:31 Map
GLENSANDA,HIGHLAND 1.1 430 mi (692 km) 08/05/2026 23:16 Map
IRISH SEA 0.6 211 mi (339 km) 08/05/2026 03:18 Map
MULL,ARGYLL & BUTE 1.4 441 mi (710 km) 07/05/2026 20:18 Map
CALLANDER,STIRLING 0.9 385 mi (619 km) 06/05/2026 08:17 Map
KINLOCH HOURN,HIGHLAND 1.1 454 mi (731 km) 02/05/2026 23:16 Map
IRISH SEA 0.2 225 mi (362 km) 02/05/2026 18:20 Map
LITTON,NORTH YORKSHIRE 0.8 227 mi (366 km) 02/05/2026 08:25 Map
KINLOCH HOURN,HIGHLAND 0.9 454 mi (731 km) 02/05/2026 05:54 Map
SOUTHERN NORTH SEA 2.2 149 mi (240 km) 01/05/2026 18:52 Map
ABINGTON,LANARKSHIRE 0.9 331 mi (533 km) 30/04/2026 05:28 Map
INNERLEITHEN,BORDERS 1.0 331 mi (533 km) 30/04/2026 01:25 Map
ACHALLADER,ARGYLL/BUTE 0.1 415 mi (667 km) 28/04/2026 04:45 Map
PUBIL,PERTH & KINROSS 0.2 410 mi (660 km) 28/04/2026 03:14 Map
BATH,SOMERSET 1.8 50 mi (81 km) 27/04/2026 01:52 Map
DENT,CUMBRIA 1.8 239 mi (384 km) 20/04/2026 14:22 Map
ASKRIGG,N YORKSHIRE 0.9 239 mi (384 km) 18/04/2026 00:26 Map
ENGLISH CHANNEL 1.5 64 mi (103 km) 17/04/2026 18:30 Map
PUBIL,PERTH & KINROSS 1.6 410 mi (659 km) 17/04/2026 05:46 Map
PUBIL,PERTH & KINROSS 1.7 410 mi (660 km) 17/04/2026 01:57 Map
PUBIL,PERTH & KINROSS 0.2 411 mi (661 km) 16/04/2026 21:13 Map
PUBIL,PERTH & KINROSS 1.2 409 mi (658 km) 16/04/2026 21:01 Map
PUBIL,PERTH & KINROSS 1.4 411 mi (661 km) 16/04/2026 20:58 Map
PUBIL,PERTH & KINROSS 3.3 410 mi (660 km) 16/04/2026 20:46 Map
PUBIL,PERTH & KINROSS 2.3 411 mi (661 km) 15/04/2026 16:55 Map
BOROUGHBRIDGE,N YORKS 1.1 219 mi (353 km) 13/04/2026 06:13 Map
MALIN SEA 0.4 390 mi (628 km) 13/04/2026 00:11 Map
SILVERDALE,LANCASHIRE 0.4 233 mi (375 km) 12/04/2026 22:00 Map

53 UK Earthquakes in the last 50 days.

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