ML4.3 Quake Strikes UK Region
Posted by feww on February 21, 2014
Seismic Hazard
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Shallow earthquake strikes Bristol Channel Region UK
Richter magnitude scale 4.3 earthquake struck at a depth of 5km about 36 km S of Swansea, United Kingdom at 13:21:28UTC on February 20, 2014, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).
Earthquake Details
- Magnitude: ML4.3
- Region:BRISTOL CHANNEL REGION, U.K.<
- Date – time: 2014-02-20 13:21:28.0 UTC
- Location: 51.31 N ; 4.08 W
- Depth: 5 km
- Distances:
- 233 km NW of Saint Peter Port, Guernsey [pop: 16,488]
- 65 km W of Cardiff, Wales, UK [ pop: 302,139]
- 36 km S of Swansea, United Kingdom [ pop: 170,883]
- 11 km N of Ilfracombe, United Kingdom [pop: 10,486]
Earthquake Location Map
Euro-Med Earthquakes – 24 hrs to 01:44UTC on February 21, 2014. Source: EMSC
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