Islay shakes in minor earthquake
Residents of a Scottish island experienced a small earthquake of 2.6 magnitude during the early hours.
Islanders on Islay reported that windows and doors were rattled during the tremor at about 05:35.
However, no structural damage was reported and no-one was thought to have been injured
The last UK earthquake recorded as "significant" by the British Geological Survey struck Lincolnshire in 2008. It had a magnitude of 5.2.
Another small tremor, of magnitude 1.9, was reported on Islay on 5 February.

Kilde: BBC News

Wuhu Geology Rocks!!

Der er ikke noget bedre end når ens studie og interesser kan kombineres (Geologi og Whisky eller er det omvendt, hehe)

Kan tilføje at hypocentret var i 11 km's dybde.
Endvidere var der også et jordskælv på magnitude 1.5 60km NØ for Kirkwall d. 9/2-12.

//Esben