This quake, on the morning of July 19, 1984, triggered rockfalls and fractured stonework with the most severe damage occurring in Liverpool 65 miles away. During the month that followed, roughly 80 ...

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake has struck Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter was recorded at around 90 ...

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has confirmed that two earthquakes struck the UK in the space of three hours, with the ...

The UK has been hit by an earthquake amid a wave of seismic activity across the country over recent weeks. The earthquake struck a depth of 8 kilometres and its impact spanned 24 kilometres, the ...

The UK has been hit by two earthquakes in one day, with one striking near an iconic walking spot known as Naughty Stone in ...

An earthquake rattled homes and sent people scurrying outside when it struck the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd. The quake’s epicentre was 1.5 miles away from the UK’s biggest ever recorded earthquake four ...

According to the Alaska Earthquake Center, the Aleutian megathrust is the primary cause of the strongest earthquakes in the region. It's a major subduction zone fault, an area where two tectonic ...

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

In fact, earthquakes, in general, are not extraordinary events in this country, Mr Hawthorn added, explaining: “The fault map of the UK looks insane - we’re just riddled with plains of weakness.

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has hit Alaska just miles from Mount Spurr, which has been showing signs of unrest and is at risk ...