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Morvern, Inverness (postal town Oban) in on a peninsula overlooking the Sound of Mull to the south and Loch Linnhe to the east.An earthquake measuring 2.1ML on the Richter scale has hit parts of the Highlands.
The event was felt just before 15:30 on Saturday in Mallaig and Morar and by islanders on Lismore in the Inner Hebrides.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/loud-rumbling-sound-as-earthquake-hits-highlands/ar-AA1lgStT
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23979845.scotland-earthquake-morvern-highlands-hit-quake/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morvern
Since 10 October, Morvern has been hit by 10 earthquakes.
On 3 December, a quake measuring 1.1ML was recorded, and all the previous ones were smaller.
I wonder if stress is building up, which would mean stronger earthquakes in the future and/or increased seismic activity.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-55144501Scotland's largest known earthquake came 64 years later (from an earthquake in 1816), in November 1880.
The 5.2 local magnitude (ML) quake in Argyll was felt along the west coast of Scotland and out east as far as Perthshire.
August 1974 saw a 4.4ML earthquake which had its epicentre in Kintail in the north west Highlands.
British Geological Survey (BGS), which records seismic activity across the world, detects up 300 quakes every year in the UK.
Only about three of these events are usually felt by people or are heard as a deep rumbling sound or a loud bang.
In August last year, people reported windows rattling and house beams creaking during a small earthquake on the Isle of Skye.
I did not know this.In the UK, the most recent of these was a 5.2 magnitude earthquake was in February 2008 which was felt across England and parts of Wales. A man suffered a broken pelvis when a chimney collapsed in South Yorkshire.
Developing new seismic hazard maps for the UK
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/developing-new-seismic-hazard-maps-for-the-uk/S snd SE Wales has the highest hazard potential. The rest of Wales and Inverness (maybe parts of Argyll too) & Inner Hebrides, Scotland have about the same potential.See also - https://www.bgs.ac.uk/