Britpick Question

[amberfocus]

Do you ever get earthquakes in London?  If so, is it a common occurrence?  How often?  What number on the Richter scale?

Comments

[themusecalliope]

Doesn't look to be all that common:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/index.php?regionID=23

Looks like the last Earthquake in the UK was in April of 2009:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/last_event/world/world_united_kingdom.php

[solarflar3.livejournal.com]

They are very rare. The most seismic area of the UK is around the Midlands and the North Sea.

We do have them but usually they are too small to be felt. The last 'big' one we had was about 8 or so years ago which was centered on the Midlands but was big enough to be felt in the North where I am. It was about 5 on the Richter scale and we just felt a heavy and loud vibration in the middle of the night while we were in bed (the earth moved for us!).

This will give you some idea http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/UK_events_map.html

[galadriella1.livejournal.com]

We don't get Earthquakes that much here in the south of the UK. There is a minor fault in Manchester that occasionally has a rumble but there has been nothing significant. I was going to suggest a website, but I see Solarflar3 has beaten me too it.

But down here (and I'm about 50 miles from London), certainly not so much.

[electrictoes.livejournal.com]

There was only one minor one the whole time I lived in London (3 years), if that helps any.