UK rocked by trio of earthquakes placing well-liked climbing hotspot in simply six hours
The UK really appears to be becoming somewhat of an earthquake hotspot, with more than 60 hitting various popular locations throughout our green and pleasant landscapes
A popular UK hiking spot has been rocked by a trio of earthquakes in just six hours. For months, the Daily Star has been reporting on every ground-shaking moment to hit the country, and since the turn of 2025 they have been happening with increased regularity.
According to the British Geological Society, the country has been hit by more than 60 so far, and they spread far and wide. And now a trio of earthquakes have stuck a part of the UK popular with hikers.
They hit on the top of a snowy mountainous region, absolutely nowhere near civilization, in an area known to be part of the Schiehallion highland summit. It’s a popular hiking and biking spot, and the first one stuck at 5.58am, yesterday morning and registered 1.8 on the Richter Scale.
According to the BGS, it was actually felt by a household in nearby Invervar, Glenlyon who claimed that it “only lasted a couple of seconds and sounded like a badly installed washing machine kicking into fast spin cycle”.
It was recorded at a depth of 3km, and was followed up around five hours later in almost the exact same location at 11.14am.
This one only registered 0.6 on the scale, and was felt at a depth of 4km, while just two minutes later another was felt at 2km and registered 1.0 on the Richter Scale.
That trio came three days after another 1.0 earthquake was felt in Roshven, Highland, at 7.21pm, at a depth of 8km – the exact coordinates provided by the BGS show that it was actually felt in Loch Nan Uamh, near Loch Ailort, but not near any populated areas.
The trio of quakes in Schiehallion, however, follow just six days after the exact same area was hit by a 1.7 earthquake at 10.55pm, and was recorded at 3km down.
According to the BGS, “roof tiles rattled”, while a “loud rumbling” was also heard, as another said: “it was the intensity of the noise, it was extremely loud”.
The Daily Star recently went on a quest to figure out why earthquakes were becoming more prevelant in the UK, and speaking to the Daily Star, Roger Musson – a former Head of Seismic Hazard and Archives at the British Geological Society – explained how it’s all to do with the reading of the strongest earthquake to hit.
Roger, who is the author of the historical earthquake catalogue for the UK, said: “There is a simple rule of thumb – for every decrease of one unit of magnitude, one expects a tenfold increase of number.
“So if the tectonic situation of the UK results in one 3.5 magnitude earthquake on average every year, then typically one should get ten of 2.5, 100 of 1.5 and so on.
“Most of these will be too weak or too remote to be noticed by people, but can be detected by instruments.”
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