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Particular events
Particular events
Highlighted events across the globe that the BGS has observed.
2012
Islay Earthquakes February 2012
2011
English Channel | Magnitude 3.9 | 14 July 2011
Blackpool earthquake | Magnitude 1.5 | 27 May 2011
Lorca south-east Spain | Magnitude 5.2 | 11 May 2011
Blackpool earthquake | Magnitude 2.3 | 1 April 2011
Great Tohoku earthquake
Tohoku-oki tsunami of 11 March 2011 | Two years on
Tohoku-oki tsunami of 11 March 2011 | One year on
Great Tohoku earthquake (north-east Honshu, Japan) | Magnitude 9.0 | 11 March 2011
Aftershocks Great Tohoku earthquake (north-east Honshu, Japan) 2011
Could a Tsunami hit the British Isles?
Tohoku, Japan earthquake FAQs | Magnitude 9.0 | 11 March 2011
Tsunami sediments study and satellite mapping | Japan fieldwork 2011
Christchurch
Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake | Magnitude 6.3 | 21 Feb 2011
BGS geologist caught up in Christchurch earthquake
EEFIT mission to Christchurch
Glenuig, Highland earthquake | Magnitude 3.5 | 23 Jan 2011
Ripon, North Yorkshire earthquake | Magnitude 3.6 | 3 Jan 2011
2010
Coniston, Cumbria earthquake | Magnitude 3.5 | 21 Dec 2010
Haiti
Haiti earthquake | Magnitude 7.0 | 12 January 2010
Damage from the Haiti earthquake viewed from above
2005
Buncefield Oil Depot Explosion | Dec 2005
2002
Manchester Earthquakes Sequence | Oct-Nov 2002
Research
A Comparison of the Folkestone and Market Rasen Earthquakes
Revised Seismic Hazard Maps for the UK
Seismogenesis and State of Stress in the UK
Monitoring Volcanic Eruptions Using Interferometry
Particular events
Are yesterday's earthquakes tomorrow's disasters?
Creating 'virtual seismometers' deep inside the Earth
Fault line living
Is earthquake activity related to the Moon or Sun?
Is earthquake activity increasing?
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Recent UK earthquakes
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