Earthquake rocked Scottish West coast with 3.2 magnitude and depth of 4km

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Earthquake rocked Scottish West coast with 3.2 magnitude and depth of 4km
Earthquake rocked Scottish West coast with 3.2 magnitude and depth of 4km

AN earthquake struck yesterday off the west coast of Scotland.

The epicentre of the 3.2 magnitude tremor was west of the Isle of Mull in Argyll at 5.43am and at a depth of 4km.

It follows a 1.7 magnitude tremor with an epicentre around the same area on January 10 eiqexideideprw
It follows a 1.7 magnitude tremor with an epicentre around the same area on January 10Credit: Getty

It follows a 1.7 magnitude tremor with an epicentre around the same area on January 10.

Seismologist Davie Galloway, of the British Geological Survey, said: “It is a significant earthquake for the UK.

“But because it was close to the Treshnish islands, which are thought to be uninhabited, and the time of the tremor it may not have been sensed by many.”

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There are roughly 200 to 300 quakes in Britain every year, but most are so small that no one notices them.

Around ten per cent are over 2.0 magnitude and can be felt over a wider area.

Paul Sims

UK, Scotland, The Sun Newspaper, Earthquakes Floods and Natural disasters

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