South Wales recorded an earthquake just before midnight on Friday but how often does this happen in the UK?

The earthquake recently felt in Scotland was 3.1, while the biggest earthquake in UK history was 6.1. This means the latter is 1,000 more powerful than the former.

The largest quake ever recorded was magnitude 6.1 and hit Dogger Bank, in the North Sea, on June 7, 1931. The first ever recorded fatality due to a UK earthquake was on April 6, 1580 when a ...