Magnitude 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 magnitude (Mb), Version=7 |
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Event ID | us2008nyae |
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Earthquake Summary
Felt Reports
One person injured and damage to buildings in the Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire areas. Felt (V) at Barnsley, Bedworth, Beeston and Stapleford, Bentley, Beverley, Bicester, Boston, Brigg, Brighouse, Chesterfield, Chorley, Cleethorpes, Doncaster, Droitwich, East Retford, Eaton Socon-Saint Neots, Failsworth, Grantham, Grimsby, Heywood, Hinckley, Ilkeston, Kirby in Ashfield, Leicester, Lincoln, Long Eaton, Loughborough, Mablethorpe and Sutton, Matlock, Melton Mowbray, Mold, Morley, Oakham, Rotherham, Sheffield, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding-Pinchbeck, Whitefield and Worksop. Felt widely in the United Kingdom, north to Arbroath, southwest to Falmouth-Penrynm and east to Great Yarmouth. Felt (II) at Gent, Belgium. Also felt at Douglas, Isle of Man; at Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium; and at Aniche, France.
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