What the records say
- When
- 27 Feb 2008
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8
- Where
- Uk
- Coordinates
- 53.40° N, 0.33° W
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage musd
- 68
- Depth km
- 18
2008 Market Rasen earthquake
2008 earthquake epicentred in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
On 27 February 2008 at 00:56:47.8s GMT an earthquake occurred at Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England. According to the British Geological Survey the earthquake registered a reading of 5.2 on the Richter scale, with its epicentre 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Market Rasen and 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Grimsby.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An earthquake with an epicentre in Lincolnshire is felt across most of Britain, with several buildings suffering substantial damage”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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