Glastonbury Tor (pictured in 2010) showing the tower of the rebuilt St Michael's Church (C14)
Local date
11 September 1275 (1275-09-11)
Local time
Morning
Magnitude
6 Mw (hypothesised)
Areas affected
London, Canterbury, Winchester, Glamorgan
Max. intensity
MSK-64 VII (Very strong) EMS-98 VIII (Heavily damaging)
Foreshocks
None reported
Aftershocks
None reported
Casualties
Multiple fatalities
On 11 September 1275, an earthquake struck the south of Great Britain. The epicentre is unknown, although it may have been in the Portsmouth/Chichester area on the south coast of England[1] or in Glamorgan, Wales.[2] The earthquake is known for causing the destruction of St Michael's Church on Glastonbury Tor in Somerset.
^"Notes on Individual Earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
^Musson, Roger (9 July 2015). "What Was the Largest British Earthquake?" (PDF). SECED Conference 2015: 3. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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