More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in Britain this year, according to the latest data.
Among the most active regions were Perthshire and the western Highlands in Scotland, southern parts of Wales, and Yorkshire and Lancashire in England, the British Geological Survey (BGS) data show.
The two largest onshore earthquakes happened hours apart on Oct 20 near Loch Lyon in Perth and Kinross, when a 3.7-magnitude tremor was followed soon after by one of magnitude 3.6.
One local resident described it as feeling “like an underground subway under my house”, while another said “the house sho