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Evening Standard
Lucinda Cameron

UK shaken by more than 300 earthquakes throughout 2025

The two largest onshore earthquakes to occur this year happened hours apart near Loch Lyon in Perthshire (Alamy/PA) -

More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the UK this year, according to the latest data.

Among the most active regions were Perthshire and the western Highlands in Scotland, southern parts of Wales, and Yorkshire and Lancashire in England, the British Geological Survey (BGS) data shows.

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