A tremor was felt by people around the area on Tuesday evening which was recorded by the British Geological Survey
A tremor was recorded in the Grimsby area (stock photo)(Image: Getty Images)
A tremor was felt by people around the Grimsby area on Tuesday evening. Some residents heard a “rumble” or a “loud bang” shortly before 8pm.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) has confirmed a 2.2 magnitude earthquake at 7.47pm. Its epicentre was in the Scartho area at a depth of 5km.
Minor tremors of this nature are generally not widely felt other than possibly by those close to the epicentre. Data from the BGS shows there are usually between 200 and 300 small earthquakes detected around the UK every year.
Though it was heard by a number of residents, the latest tremor was significantly less energetic than a couple of others that have been felt in northern Lincolnshire in the past 20 years. On June 9, 2018 at 11.14pm, a 3.9 magnitude earthquake, which also had an epicentre in Grimsby, was felt up to 60 miles away. On that occasion, Grimsby Live readers described thinking a “car had hit a house” or an “explosion” had happened.
However, undoubtedly the most significant earthquake for decades in our area occurred at 12.56am on February 27, 2008. Measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale – classifying it as “moderate” – the Market Rasen earthquake was powerful enough to cause damage to some buildings around the area. People reported substantial “shaking” for a few seconds in what was the strongest earthquake recorded in the UK for almost a quarter of a century.
The energy released from a 5.2 earthquake is more than 30,000 times greater than a 2.2 magnitude tremor such as the one recorded this week.
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