Overview
- The larger tremor registered magnitude 2.2 near Sedbergh and struck on Sunday morning, recorded at 4:48am at a depth of about 3 km.
- A smaller 0.9 magnitude event centred near Silverdale on the Lancashire coast was recorded about 23 minutes earlier at 4:25am.
- Several BGS seismic stations across northern England — including Ingleton, Selside, Slaidburn, Winston and Skipton — detected the two events.
- Residents across parts of Cumbria, Lancashire and neighbouring areas submitted 'felt' reports describing loud rumbling, vibrations and house creaking but the BGS logged no reports of structural damage.
- Earthquakes around magnitude 2 are common in the UK and typically cause only light, local tremors; monitoring by the BGS and public submissions remain the main sources for any follow-up information.