BGS monitors Christchurch and Manchester

Christchurch Cathedral - without spire

The British Geological Survey (BGS), based in West Mains Road beside the King's Buildings is the key monitoring site inthe UK for earthquakes throughout the world.

Commenters from the BGS include 

• Alice Walker - here on Channel 4 News
• Roger Musson - here on the BBC and here on PlanetEarth
• Brian Baptie - here in the Scotsman
• Julian Bukits - here in the Daily Mail on the Manchester (mini) earthquake

Julian Bukits is well known to this blog.  See here for a clutch of articles including his suberb contribution to how the local community looks.