According to the experts at the British Geological Survey, a remote area of Aberfeldy, near Loch Lyon in Scotland was stuck several times between April 15 and April 17
The UK has been struck by a series of eight earthquakes in the same place across a 72-hour span – one of which is one of the biggest to strike the country this year. According to the experts at the British Geological Survey, a remote area of Aberfeldy, near Loch Lyon in Scotland was stuck several times between April 15 and April 17.
The first happened on April 15 at 3.55pm at a depth of seven kilometres down, and register a sizeable 2.3 on the Richter Scale, which was followed at 7.46pm the day after.
This, the largest of them all, registered a whopping 3.3, and came with reports from locals of “doors and windows rattled for about three seconds”, “a deep distant rumbling sound” and “felt the whole house shake”.
The reports came from Pitlochry, Kinloch Rannoch, Bridge of Orchy and surrounding villages, before another quake in the same spot struck 12 minutes later.
Alongside another two across the next 15 minutes, it was felt at three kilometres down, with the trio registering 1.4, 1.2 and 0.2 respectively.
The earthquakes didn’ t stop there, however, as another struck around four hours later, at 12.57am, measuring 1.7 and was also at three kilometres down. The final of the eight was recorded at 4.46am at four kilometres down, measuring 1.6 on the Richter Scale.
No damage has yet been reported from any of the earthquakes listed.
Last year, the Daily Star explored why the UK appears to be turning into an earthquake hotspot. Roger Musson, a former Head of Seismic Hazard and Archives at the British Geological Society, explained that the trend is largely linked to how the strongest recorded quakes are measured and interpreted.
He 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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