Earthquake

An earthquake has shaken southwestern Scotland this morning at twenty to eleven. The tremor registered at 3.5 on the Richter scale, the largest quake in the UK this year. Although a small tremor on a global scale, the event shook walls and houses and left people in a short-lived state of alarm. No damage or injuries are reported from the district of Dumfries and Galloway. The tremor is thought to have centered on the town of Dumfries, pictured left (image courtesy BBC), although it was felt as far away as Lockerbie, 10 miles to the east. Below is shown the seismogram from Edinburgh (courtesy British Geological Survey).