UK rocked by three earthquakes in two hours as village struck by two in a single minute
Since the start of the year the UK has been hit by over 30 quakes – in recent day three quakes have hit the isles one village was ratted by two quakes less than 10 seconds part
On Saturday the UK was rattled by a series of earthquakes within two hours of one another – one village was rocked by two earthquakes in a single minute.
At just before 4 O’clock on the fateful day the village of Litton in North Yorkshire was shaken by back to back quakes. The first of these rumbles occurred at a depth of 12km and only had a magnitude of a measly 0.1 on the Richter scale.
Less than 10 seconds later another earthquake hit the quint village at a depth of 11km with a pretty pathetic 1.1 magnitude reading on the Richter scale.
Hours later a third Earthquake hit the island this time at a far shallower depth of 3km. The Kilborn in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
These quakes come after a series of quakes have hit the UK since the start of 2025. The UK has been hit by over 30 quakes since the beginning of the year. While most Brits “haven’t felt anything” they have all been strong enough for the British Geological Society to detect them and record them on the Richter scale.
After quakes struck Boyton, Cornwall, earlier this month a BGS spokesman said: “Although historical observations dating back several centuries show that damaging earthquakes are relatively rare in the UK, they do occur so it is important to quantify the hazard they pose to the built environment.”
The strongest quake the UK experienced during the new year was at the end of January. On the 27th of the month a 3.4 magnitude earthquake was detected at a depth of 11km in the North Sea. The disturbance occurred 240km east of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Despite the frequency of quakes happening around the UK no major disruption has occurred due to them and most affected only claim to have experienced loud rumbling noises or minor shakes. Some have likened the experience similar to low flying planes passing overhead.
