2e4b90a170b18e76a8f6c84f806d55c4d886a02d eng Garry Baker British Geological Survey Head of BGS Data Centre +44 (0)115 936 3100 +44 (0)115 936 3200 enquiries@bgs.ac.uk British Geological Survey Environmental Science Centre Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5GG UK http://www.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex 2022-04-08T08:24:51 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 CRS:84 EPSG:4326 EPSG:4258 EPSG:27700 EPSG:3857 GBR BGS Historical earthquakes 2022-04-08T08:24:51 This layer shows the location of historical earthquakes within the UK. The British Geological Survey (BGS) has been charged with the task of operating and further developing a uniform network of seismograph stations throughout the UK in order to acquire standardised data on a long-term basis. The project is supported by a group of organisations under the chairmanship of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) with major financial input from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The aims of the BGS Seismic Monitoring and Information Service are to develop and maintain a national database of seismic activity in the UK for use in seismic hazard assessment, and to provide near-immediate responses to the occurrence, or reported occurrence, of significant events to its customers and sponsors. A 24-hr on-call service is maintained for this purpose. Almost every week, seismic events are reported to be felt somewhere in the UK. A number of these prove to be sonic booms or are otherwise spurious, but a large proportion are natural or mining induced earthquakes often felt at intensities which cause concern and, occasionally, some damage. In an average year, some 200 earthquakes are detected and located by BGS with around 15% being felt by people. This BGS historical catalogue has been compiled, in general, from macroseismic observations (i.e. felt effects). Before 1700, only earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.0 ML or greater are included. After 1700, all known events with magnitudes of 3.0 ML or greater are included together with some other, smaller ones. Accuracies of magnitude, location, and origin time vary with the quality of information available for this period. For more information about earthquakes, visit www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk or contact enquiries@bgs.ac.uk. This layer is only available at specific zoom levels. Please zoom to a larger scale to interrogate the map. Garry Baker British Geological Survey Head of BGS Data Centre +44 (0)115 936 3100 +44 (0)115 936 3200 enquiries@bgs.ac.uk British Geological Survey Environmental Science Centre Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5GG UK http://www.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex http://onegeology-geonetwork.brgm.fr/geonetwork3/srv/api/records/2e4b90a170b18e76a8f6c84f806d55c4d886a02d/attachments/2e4b90a170b18e76a8f6c84f806d55c4d886a02d_s.png thumbnail png http://onegeology-geonetwork.brgm.fr/geonetwork3/srv/api/records/2e4b90a170b18e76a8f6c84f806d55c4d886a02d/attachments/2e4b90a170b18e76a8f6c84f806d55c4d886a02d.png large_thumbnail png Hazards GeoIndex Historical earthquakes OneGeology continent@Europe subcontinent@Northern Europe geographicarea@United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dataprovider@British Geological Survey serviceprovider@British Geological Survey DS_TOPIC@geoscientificinformation DS_DATE@2022 thematic@Geophysics thematic@Geologic hazards thematic@Seismology thematic@Earthquake geoscientificInformation -9.081777 7.338784 47.825191 61.075050 https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/hazards/MapServer/WmsServer? OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map Historical.earthquakes GBR BGS Historical earthquakes https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw?SERVICE=CSW&REQUEST=GetRecordById&ID=9df8df53-2a82-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98&elementSetName=full&OutputSchema=http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd&version=2.0.2& application/xml Historical.earthquakes (MetadataURL) https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/GeoIndex_Onshore/hazards/MapServer/WmsServer?request=GetLegendGraphic%26version=1.3.0%26format=image/png%26layer=Historical.earthquakes image/png Historical earthquakes (LegendURL)