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British Geological Survey (BGS) GeoIndex - Hazards data theme
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- Maps, Geology, United Kingdom, GeoIndex, Data, Spatial, Holdings, Geoscience, Services, Offshore, Information, Boreholes, Collections, Engineering, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Government, Minerals, Landsat, Products, Hazards, Earthquakes, OneGeology, MD_DATE@2022, MD_LANG@ENG
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- These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/), subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: Contains British Geological Survey materials copyright NERC [year]. Contact us if you create something new and innovative that could benefit others usingbgsdata@bgs.ac.uk.
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British Geological Survey (unverified)
Contact information:
Garry Baker
British Geological Survey
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British Geological Survey Environmental Science Centre, NG12 5GG Keyworth, UKEmail:
Phone: +44 (0)115 936 3100
- Service metadata
Data from the British Geological Survey's GeoIndex Hazards theme are made available for viewing here. GeoIndex is a website that allows users to search for information about BGS data collections covering the UK and other areas world wide. Access is free, the interface is easy to use, and it has been developed to enable users to check coverage of different types of data and find out some background information about the data. More detailed information can be obtained by further enquiry via the web site: www.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex. Your use of any information provided by the BGS is at your own risk. BGS gives no warranty, condition or representation as to the quality, accuracy or completeness of the information or its suitability for any use or purpose. All implied conditions relating to the quality or suitability of the information, and all liabilities arising from the supply of the information (including any liability arising in negligence) are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.This layer is only available at specific zoom levels. Please zoom to a larger scale to interrogate the map.
Available map layers (5)
GeoIndex Hazards theme (GeoIndex.Hazards.theme)
Data from the British Geological Survey's GeoIndex Hazards theme are made available for viewing here. GeoIndex is a website that allows users to search for information about BGS data collections covering the UK and other areas world wide. Access is free, the interface is easy to use, and it has been developed to enable users to check coverage of different types of data and find out some background information about the data. More detailed information can be obtained by further enquiry via the web site: www.bgs.ac.uk/geoindex.This layer is only available at specific zoom levels. Please zoom to a larger scale to interrogate the map.
GBR BGS Monitoring stations (Monitoring.stations)
Recordings of earthquakes and other signals (such as quarry blasts, explosions, sonic booms and collapses) made by a network of seismometers and similar sensors across the UK. Recordings start in 1977 (with a few events recorded before this) and continue to the present day. Data is used for monitoring of seismic activity, studies of seismic hazard and scientific study of the Earth's interior. Data is freely available on request. Some data can be retrieved from the BGS AutoDRM (Automatic Data Request Manager) service. Time series data recorded by UK seismic networks. This layer is only available at specific zoom levels. Please zoom to a larger scale to interrogate the map.
GBR BGS Landslides (Landslides)
Information for this layer of the map based index (GeoIndex) is taken from the BGS National Landslide Database (NLD), which holds over 15000 records of landslides and is the definitive source of landslide information for Great Britain (excludes Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands). Each landslide within the National Landslide Database is identified by a National Landslide Database ID number and a point location, as shown on this map. The National Landslide Database ID number represents an individual survey of a landslide, rather than just the landslide itself. This is because there could be several phases of movement within or extensions to the same landslide, particularly if it is a large and complex one. Subsequent surveys of the same landslide may be recorded in the database with the same National Landslide Database ID number but with a new Survey Number. Other information given for each record include; Landslide name, grid reference and whether the landslide record has been validated by the BGS Landslides Team. The point symbols at the designated location do not reflect the size and shape of the corresponding landslide, but just denote the recorded presence of a landslide within a range of accuracy. This layer is only available at specific zoom levels. Please zoom to a larger scale to interrogate the map.
GBR BGS Modern instrument recorded earthquakes (Modern.instrument.recorded.earthquakes)
This layer shows the location of recent (post 1970) earthquakes within the UK. The British Geological Survey (BGS) has been charged with the task of operating and further developing a uniform network of seismograph stations throughout the UK in order to acquire standardised data on a long-term basis. The project is supported by a group of organisations under the chairmanship of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) with major financial input from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The aims of the BGS Seismic Monitoring and Information Service are to develop and maintain a national database of seismic activity in the UK for use in seismic hazard assessment, and to provide near-immediate responses to the occurrence, or reported occurrence, of significant events to its customers and sponsors. A 24-hr on-call service is maintained for this purpose. Almost every week, seismic events are reported to be felt somewhere in the UK. A number of these prove to be sonic booms or are otherwise spurious, but a large proportion are natural or mining induced earthquakes often felt at intensities which cause concern and, occasionally, some damage. In an average year, some 200 earthquakes are detected and located by BGS with around 15% being felt by people. Within the 50-station, high sensitivity monitoring network, 20 strong motion instruments have been integrated. Data from all sensors is available for analysis and interpretation by BGS scientists in Edinburgh, in near real time, through internet links. The high sensitivity network has been expanded to cover the whole country since the 1970's and achieves a detection threshold for magnitude 2.0 earthquakes throughout the land area even in high noise conditions. All earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 and above have been captured since 1979. For more information about earthquakes, visit www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk or contact enquiries@bgs.ac.uk. Accuracies of magnitude, location, and origin time variations are largely a function of the seismograph station coverage, which has been improving up to the present day. The layers in this service are set to automatically display only within an appropriate range of map scales. Please zoom to a larger scale to interrogate the map.
GBR BGS Historical earthquakes (Historical.earthquakes)
This layer shows the location of historical earthquakes within the UK. The British Geological Survey (BGS) has been charged with the task of operating and further developing a uniform network of seismograph stations throughout the UK in order to acquire standardised data on a long-term basis. The project is supported by a group of organisations under the chairmanship of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) with major financial input from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The aims of the BGS Seismic Monitoring and Information Service are to develop and maintain a national database of seismic activity in the UK for use in seismic hazard assessment, and to provide near-immediate responses to the occurrence, or reported occurrence, of significant events to its customers and sponsors. A 24-hr on-call service is maintained for this purpose. Almost every week, seismic events are reported to be felt somewhere in the UK. A number of these prove to be sonic booms or are otherwise spurious, but a large proportion are natural or mining induced earthquakes often felt at intensities which cause concern and, occasionally, some damage. In an average year, some 200 earthquakes are detected and located by BGS with around 15% being felt by people. This BGS historical catalogue has been compiled, in general, from macroseismic observations (i.e. felt effects). Before 1700, only earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.0 ML or greater are included. After 1700, all known events with magnitudes of 3.0 ML or greater are included together with some other, smaller ones. Accuracies of magnitude, location, and origin time vary with the quality of information available for this period. For more information about earthquakes, visit www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk or contact enquiries@bgs.ac.uk. This layer is only available at specific zoom levels. Please zoom to a larger scale to interrogate the map.