United Kingdom
GBR · 2024 energy mix · renewables 19.8% · fossil fuels 73.5%
Threat reading 32 of 100, classified HIGH THREAT, HOLDING. 1 events recorded here in the last seven days, 1 in the last thirty.
That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.
Where its energy comes from
| Oil | 38.8% |
|---|---|
| Gas | 32.3% |
| Wind | 10.7% |
| Other renewables | 6.5% |
| Nuclear | 5.2% |
| Coal | 2.5% |
| Solar | 1.9% |
| Hydro | 0.7% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 19.8% and fossil fuels for 73.5%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, United Kingdom is a net importer of electricity.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold 9 significant earthquakes and 3 tsunamis in or just off United Kingdom since 720.
The deadliest was the 811 earthquake (United Kingdom: Scotland: St Andrews), which killed 1,400 people.
The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 4.8, on 22 September 2002 (United Kingdom: Mansfield, Dudley).
The most recent entry is the 27 June 2011 tsunami (waves to 0.4 m) (Plymouth, England).
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 811 | earthquake | United Kingdom: Scotland: St Andrews | 1,400 dead, damage $5 to 25 million |
| 31 December 1911 | tsunami (waves to 0.9 m) | Folkstone, England | - |
| 27 June 2011 | tsunami (waves to 0.4 m) | Plymouth, England | - |
| October 720 | tsunami | Hebrides (Scotland) | - |
| 27 February 2008 | magnitude 4.8 earthquake | United Kingdom: England: Lincolnshire | $68 million damage |
| 22 September 2002 | magnitude 4.8 earthquake | United Kingdom: Mansfield, Dudley | damage under $1 million |
| 2 April 1990 | magnitude 4.7 earthquake | United Kingdom: Manchester, Liverpool | damage under $1 million |
| 19 July 1984 | magnitude 4.7 earthquake | United Kingdom: Wales | damage under $1 million |
| 28 April 2007 | magnitude 4.6 earthquake | United Kingdom: England: Folkestone | $60 million damage |
| 22 April 1884 | magnitude 4.6 earthquake | Colchester, England | damage $1 to 5 million |
| 1048 | earthquake | United Kingdom: Britian | - |
| October 720 | earthquake | United Kingdom: Scotland: Hebrides | - |
A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
The most recent events our feeds placed in United Kingdom:
- 7 November 2026: Fog, dense in places, may lead to some travel disruption on Saturday night and Sunday morning
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 0 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 30 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 5 |
| Natural hazard | 35 |
| Resilience | 81 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
Other countries tracked
Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.