Feeds & DataMagnitude 4.8 - ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
2008 February 27 00:56:45 UTC
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 4.8 |
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| Location | 53.321°N, 0.314°W |
| Depth | 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program |
| Region | ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM |
| Distances | 40 km (25 miles) S of Kingston upon Hull, England, UK 75 km (45 miles) NE of Nottingham, England, UK 80 km (50 miles) E of Sheffield, England, UK 210 km (130 miles) N of LONDON, United Kingdom |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 6.8 km (4.2 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST= 50, Nph= 50, Dmin=291.4 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Gp= 54°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7 |
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| Event ID | us2008nyae |
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Earthquake Summary
Felt Reports
One person injured and buildings damaged in Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Felt (V) at Barnsley, Bedworth, Beeston and Stapleford, Bentley, Beverley, Bicester, Boston, Brigg, Brighouse, Chesterfield, Chorley, Doncaster, Droitwich, East Retford, Eaton Socon, Failsworth, Grantham, Grimsby, Heywood, Hinckley, Ilkeston, Kingston upon Hull, Leicester, Lincoln, Long Eaton, Loughborough, Mablethorpe and Sutton, Mansfield, Matlock, Melton Mowbray, Mold, Morley, Newark, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding-Pinchbeck, Stamford, Whitefield and Worksop. Felt widely in the United Kingdom, north to Arbroath, southwest to Falmouth-Penryn and east to Great Yarmouth. Also felt at Douglas, Isle of Man; Antwerp, Brussels and Gent, Belgium; Aniche, France; Letterkenny, Ireland and Haarlem, The Netherlands.
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Scientific & Technical Information
Additional Information, News Reports
- Preliminary Earthquake Report
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
