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SEISMIC ALERT:  GOOLE, EAST YORKSHIRE  13:04 UTC  30 SEPTEMBER 2009  2.9 ML

Further information can be found at the following link:

http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/uk_special/goole_30_sep_2009.pdf

BGS have received a report from a resident of Brigg, South Humberside, of a felt event at approximately 13:04 UTC (14:04 BST). The report described a "small quick rumble" and "tv creaked".

This is the largest event to occur in this area since a magnitude 3.0 earthquake on 4 June 1984 near Selby, East, Yorkshire. Historically, however, larger earthquakes have been known to occur to the southeast of this today's event, the last and largest of these being a magnitude 5.2 that occurred on 27 February 2008 close to Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.

The following preliminary information is available for this earthquake:

DATE                    :       30 September 2009
ORIGIN TIME             :       13:04 56.7s UTC
LAT/LONG                :       53.702? North / 0.687? West
GRID REF                :       486.67 kmE / 423.67 kmN
DEPTH                   :       13.1 km
MAGNITUDE               :       2.9 ML
LOCALITY                :       10 km East of Goole, East Yorkshire