Cue tons of pe Central News with a big OB special on the Dudley Earthquake. Felt in England and Scotland. The quake - the biggest in Britain in 25 years - happened at around 1am and measured 5.2 on the Richter scale, shaking homes and buildings. Recent studies suggest that this earthquake may have been as large as magnitude 7.0, with the epicentre northwest of Scotland. Felt across central England. During the second half of 2002, the University of Northampton Radon Research Group operated two continuous hourly-sampling radon detectors 2.25 km apart in the English East Midlands. This period included the Dudley earthquake (M_L=5, 22 September 2002). (42 bytes) (-6,764) . Occurred at 11:54 UTC, with the epicentre approximately 15km west of Jersey. Occurred at 08:45 GMT. 170201. URL: "Extract of letter from Weymouth dated 19 November 1726 relating to the earthquake which was felt there on Tuesday the 25th of last month", "Earthquake 10 am 04.05.1750. . IT was the night the earth moved and brought memories flooding back for thousands of Dudley folk. Felt throughout Horley, Epsom, Gatwick and Reigate. Occurred at 22:49 GMT. A major earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, hit England on Wednesday 27 February 2008. Felt in Stockton-on-Tees, Billingham, Hartlepool, Wolviston and Middlesbrough. Felt in France and Belgium. Also, at various periods during 2008 the Group has operated other pairs of continuous hourly-sampling radon The tremor was later found to have been caused by. Felt across Ireland and western Great Britain. Yes, the edit history of 2008 Market Rasen earthquake currently shows 08:49, 27 February 2008 Dhartung (talk | contribs | block) . The following is an extensive list of earthquakes that have been detected in Britain & Ireland. The nearby village of Lower Gornal was the epicentre for the Dudley earthquake of 2002, the largest earthquake in the United Kingdom in nearly 10 years. On average, several hundred earthquakes are detected by the British Geological Survey each year, but almost all are far too faint to be felt by humans. People in Newcastle, Yorkshire, London, Cumbria, the Midlands, Norfolk and also parts of Wales, felt the tremor just before 0100 GMT. 15 earthquakes felt in Blackford and around the Gleneagles area. Links to more England stories are at the foot of the page. The tremor was later found to have been caused by fracking carried out by Cuadrilla. But the survey revealed the epicentre was actually a few miles down the road at the junction of High Arcal Road and Himley Road, near Himley Hall. 9; Issue 35077; col E, "12: Earthquakes of the Midland Counties of England", "17: Earthquakes of the South-East of England", "Book 1, Ch. 17: From the Revolution to the death of William III', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. HA-71 HAZUS 2013: Anton-Dudley Gulch Fault Earthquake Report. Earthquake Simulation. 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