{"id":374244,"date":"2025-08-26T06:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374244\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T06:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:26:14","slug":"welsh-beauty-spot-hit-by-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374244\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh beauty spot hit by earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British Isles have been hit by another two earthquakes, with the first tremor striking in Cumbria and the second hitting close to a famous rock formation in Wales\"GoogleA spot where you can see all of the Brecon Beacons National Park was one of the places hit by an earthquake(Image: Google maps)<\/p>\n

A Welsh beauty spot has been hit by an earthquake<\/a>. The UK has seen 100 earthquakes so far this year, with two more tremors detected in the last week adding to the tally of seismic activity.<\/p>\n

The first earthquake happened at 8.47am on Tuesday, August 19 with a 1.3 magnitude earthquake<\/a> affecting Kents Bank, Cumbria, though distant from any residential areas. This was measured at a depth of just 3km beneath the surface, placing it amongst the shallowest tremors the British Geological Survey has documented this year.<\/p>\n

However, the second happened later that day at 9.59pm and struck close to a well-known hiking spot called Naughty Stone in Llangynidr, Powys<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This tremor was measured at a depth of around 5km and 1.3 on the Richter Scale, reports the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, this one occurred near human settlement, as it struck close to a well-known hiking spot called Naughty Stone in Llangynidr, Powys.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Naughty Stone(Image: google maps)<\/p>\n

Limited information exists about the rock formation itself, though a commemorative plaque is mounted on it. It is also known as the Trefil View Point. For the biggest stories in Wales first, sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The plaque states: “One of the most beautiful places in the world. From this point you can see much of The Brecon<\/a> Beacons National Park, Including the Black Mountains on the right.<\/p>\n

“Dedicated to the memory of Elizabeth Frances Hopkins, born October 17, 1941, died July 26, 2010. Gorwedd mewn hedd (rest in peace).”<\/p>\n

These recent tremors come just days after a series of six earthquakes were felt across the UK within a span of four hours. On Monday, August 18, the UK experienced a number of tremors starting with a 2.1-magnitude quake in Thornborough, Buckinghamshire at 3.05pm, followed by a 2.2-magnitude tremor in Melldalloch, Argyll and Bute, Scotland at 5.21pm.<\/p>\n

Three smaller quakes then struck Melldalloch within 38 minutes, registering magnitudes of 1.1, 1.1, and 0.5 at depths of 14km, 15km, and 11km respectively.<\/p>\n

The next day, 1.3-magnitude earthquakes hit Kents Bank in Cumbria and Llangynidr, Powys, Wales at 9.59pm.<\/p>\n

This surge in seismic activity follows a significant 2.5-magnitude earthquake in May that startled residents in the village of Litton in the Yorkshire Dales just after 1.30am.<\/p>\n

The British Geological Survey (BGS) reported that the quake in Litton, which occurred at a depth of 4km, was felt across the village and surrounding areas, with descriptions of a “huge bang” and a “low rumbling” lasting up to 10 seconds.<\/p>\n

One resident reported being woken by two loud bangs, initially mistaking them for something else, while another described a “loud rumbling noise and the ground shaking” that was over quickly.<\/p>\n

BGS seismologist Davie Galloway told the BBC<\/a> that the quake was reported to sound like “a large truck coming up the lane.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The British Isles have been hit by another two earthquakes, with the first tremor striking in Cumbria and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[105547,748,4884,1147,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-374244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-brecon-beacons","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-powys","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115093647150929022","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}