{"id":91337,"date":"2025-08-25T09:40:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/91337\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:40:02","slug":"uk-rocked-by-2-earthquakes-in-3-hours-as-one-strikes-near-iconic-hiking-spot-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/91337\/","title":{"rendered":"UK rocked by 2 earthquakes in 3 hours as one strikes near iconic hiking spot | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britain’s seismic activity has intensified once again \u2013 with a famous landmark at the heart of the action. As the nation’s earthquake<\/a> tally surpassed 100 for the year in recent weeks, two more tremors have been recorded within the past few days.<\/p>\n

The initial quake struck at 8.47am on Tuesday (August 19) with a 1.3 magnitude tremor hitting Kents Bank, Cumbria, though far from any populated areas.<\/p>\n

This was registered at a depth of merely 3km below ground, making it among the most surface-level tremors the British Geological Survey has recorded this year.<\/p>\n

The second occurred later that same day, at 9.59pm and at a depth of approximately 5km \u2013 also registering 1.3 on the Richter Scale, reports the Daily Star.<\/a><\/p>\n

Yet this one struck near human habitation, as it hit close to a renowned walking destination known as Naughty Stone in Llangynidr, Powys.<\/p>\n

Little is understood about the rock formation itself, though a memorial plaque adorns it, also referring to it as the Trefil View Point.<\/p>\n

It reads: “One of the most beautiful places in the world. From this point you can see much of The Brecon Beacons National Park, Including the Black Mountains on the right.<\/p>\n

“Dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Frances Hopkins, born October 17, 1941, died July 26, 2010. Gorwedd mewn hedd (rest in peace).”<\/p>\n

These most recent tremors follow just days after six earthquakes struck within four hours, with vibrations detected from Scotland to southern England. The UK was rocked by a series of earthquakes on Monday, August 18, starting with a 2.1-magnitude tremor in Thornborough, Buckinghamshire at 3.05pm, followed by a 2.2-magnitude quake in Melldalloch, Argyll and Bute, Scotland at 5.21pm.<\/p>\n

Three smaller quakes then hit Melldalloch within 38 minutes, measuring 1.1, 1.1, and 0.5 in magnitude at depths of 14, 15, and 11km respectively.<\/p>\n

On the same day, Kents Bank, Cumbria was shaken by a 1.3-magnitude quake at 8.47am, followed by another 1.3-magnitude tremor in Llangynidr, Powys, Wales at 9.59pm.<\/p>\n

This flurry of seismic activity follows a significant 2.5-magnitude earthquake in May which jolted residents awake in the village of Litton in the Yorkshire Dales just after 1.30am.<\/p>\n

The British Geological Survey (BGS) reported that the quake in Litton, which occurred at a depth of 4km, was felt across the village and surrounding areas, with descriptions of a “huge bang” and a “low rumbling” lasting up to 10 seconds.<\/p>\n

One resident reported being woken by two loud bangs, initially mistaking them for something else, while another described a “loud rumbling noise and the ground shaking” that was over quickly.<\/p>\n

BGS seismologist Davie Galloway told the BBC<\/a> that the quake was reported to sound like “a large truck coming up the lane.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britain’s seismic activity has intensified once again \u2013 with a famous landmark at the heart of the action.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[45571,2659,59,57,58,45569,45570,50,56,14177,45568,54,55],"class_list":["post-91337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-british-geological-survey","tag-earthquakes","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-kents-bank-cumbria","tag-naughty-stone-llangynidr","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-uk-section","tag-uk-earthquakes","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}