BGS data in KML format

KML files allow data to be visualised in Google Earth and Google Maps. Other GIS software, geobrowsers, virtual globes and web-based mapping applications such as MapTube can also read data in this format.

You can save the KML files to your PC or choose to open it with Google Earth.

• National Bedrock Fence Diagram: a network of cross-sections through the Earth’s crust
• Onshore geology 1:625 000 scale (BGS Geology 625k)
• Recent UK earthquakes: UK seismic events recorded by the BGS in the last 30 days
  • More on earthquakes from the BGS
• Recent worldwide earthquakes

Terms of use

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