- The tremor was centred on the village of Kimelford, Argyll, in west Scotland
Residents in a rural Scottish city have been left shaken after an Earthquake hit within the early hours of Christmas Eve.
The tremor was centred on the village of Kimelford, Argyll, in west Scotland, and hit a magnitude of two.0 on the Richter Scale.
According to the British Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred at 5:16am on December 24 at a depth of three.1 miles (5km).
Frightened residents mentioned the tremors gave the impression of ‘a army jet’.
Others described it as ‘a loud, low rumble like a heavy automobile passing’ and a ‘loud bang that woke me up’.
Residents in a rural Scottish city have been left shaken after an Earthquake hit within the early hours of Christmas Eve
The tremor was centred on the village of Kimelford, Argyll, in west Scotland, and hit a magnitude of two.0 on the Richter Scale
The quake was sturdy sufficient that it was even felt on different Scottish isles together with Lochgilphead, Mull, and Lismore.
It was the most recent – and twelfth – tremor to be recorded within the wider space not too long ago.
On December 15 a 1.5 magnitude quake was logged at Morvern.
The epicentre was near the A884 close to Loch Arienas.
A earlier tremor on December 9 noticed an earthquake measuring 2.1 magnitude hit within the space.
The occasion was felt in Mallaig and Morar and by islanders on Lismore within the Inner Hebrides.
Residents of Lismore described a ‘loud rumbling sound’.
Villagers in Mallaig and Morar mentioned additionally they ‘felt a weak trembling’, in addition to experiencing the identical noise.
Since October 10, Morvern has been hit by at the very least 12 earthquakes.
There are roughly 200-300 earthquakes in Britain yearly, however the overwhelming majority are so small that nobody notices them.
Loch Melfort and Kilmelford with the hills of Mull in view, Argyll
However between 20-30 are over 2.0 magnitude which could be felt over a wider space.
The largest identified Scottish earthquake on land occurred close to Loch Awe in 1880, with a magnitude of 5.2.
UK earthquakes, significantly in Scotland, are most frequently attributed to glacial rebound. Until about 10, 500 years in the past a lot of the north of the UK was coated by a thick layer of ice – which pushed the rocks down into the underlying mantle.
These rocks have been slowly rising again up ever for the reason that ice melted, inflicting occasional earthquakes within the course of.
The UK can also be topic to tectonic stresses attributable to the growth of the Atlantic Ocean, which is slowly pushing your complete of Eurasia to the east, and from the northward movement of Africa, which is pushing into Europe from the south.