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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Daniel Lavelle

More than 300 earthquakes recorded in UK this year, study finds

View of Loch Lyon from a nearby hilltop
The two largest tremors in the UK this year were recorded near Loch Lyon in Perthshire. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the UK this year, according to the British Geological Survey (BGS).

Among the most active regions to experience quakes were Perthshire and the western Highlands in Scotland, southern parts of Wales, and Yorkshire and Lancashire in England, the BGS data shows.

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