A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Aberfeldy in United Kingdom on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -4.4087° West, 56.5875° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000ric0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ric0. Global time and date of event 20/10/25 / 2025-10-20 17:06:42 / October 20, 2025 @ 5:06 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:06:42 / 5:06 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Glasgow (c. 610 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Paisley (c. 73 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cumbernauld (c. 49 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Perth (c. 43 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Greenock (c. 43 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Coatbridge (c. 41 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Inverkeithing, Glenrothes, Uddingston. Close country/countries, United Kingdom (c. 62 348 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km W of Aberfeldy, United Kingdom. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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