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Recent Earthquakes Reported by BGS

Earthquakes in and around the British Isles for the last 30 days (generated on Thu Sep 2 14:30:03 GMT 2010) 

     Year Mo Dy   Hr Mn Secs   Lat      Lon      kmE     kmN     Depth  Mag  Locality                Int  Other information
map  2010 09 01   22 10 35.8   53.176  -4.193    253.5   366.6    15.2  1.1  BANGOR,GWYNEDD           2   FELT IN LOCAL AREA

map  2010 09 01   05 45 55.7   57.016   1.974    641.2   798.7    15.0  3.5  CENTRAL NORTH SEA            

map  2010 08 31   09 20 28.6   54.310  -1.904    406.2   490.5     8.8  1.6  LEYBURN,N YORKSHIRE          

map  2010 08 28   16 12 58.9   53.940  -1.252    449.1   449.6     6.1  1.6  TADCASTER,N YORKSHIRE        6KM N OF TADCASTER

map  2010 08 27   13 16 53.7   57.222  -5.610    182.1   820.3     4.2  1.1  GLENELG,HIGHLAND             

map  2010 08 26   07 01 35.9   57.084  -4.342    258.1   801.6     7.4  1.8  KINGUSSIE,HIGHLAND           16KM W OF KINGUSSIE

map  2010 08 22   18 51 24.5   52.559  -4.234    248.6   298.1     7.4  1.7  CARDIGAN BAY,WALES           

map  2010 08 09   11 26 35.2   51.662  -2.415    371.3   196.0    13.6  1.6  STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE       

map  2010 08 06   03 39 01.7   54.112  -2.529    365.4   468.6     8.1  1.5  BENTHAM,N YORKSHIRE          

map  2010 08 04   00 02 50.8   54.359  -2.880    342.8   496.3     3.5  1.7  WINDERMERE,CUMBRIA       3   FELT KENDAL

Terms used:

Year Mo DyYear, month and day of event.
Hr Mn SecsTime of occurrence of event in hours, mins and secs. Note all times are in UTC. UTC is the same as Greenwich Mean Time.
LatLatitude of the event, positive latitude indicates north.
LonLongitude of the event, negative longitude indicates west. What are latitude and longitude?
kmEUK National Grid Reference in kilometres east of grid origin.
kmNUK National Grid Reference in kilometres north of grid origin. What is the National Grid Reference?
DepDepth of the hypocentre in kilometres.
MagRichter local magnitude of the event. What is magnitude?
LocalityA geographical indication of the epicentral area, usually the nearest town followed by the region.
IntMaximum EMS intensity. 2+ indicates felt, no macroseismic details. 3+, 4+ etc indicates felt at 3 or 4, but no survey carried out. 3, 4, 5 etc describes the maximum EMS intensity produced by the event. What is the EMS intensity scale? What is the difference between magnitude and intensity?