HC Deb 14 November 1989 vol 160 c157W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list by location and date, the number of earthquakes that have been recorded during the last 10 years; on what seismographic scale; what damage was recorded; and what research is being carried out by his Department into earthquakes.

Mr. Needham

Northern Ireland has not recorded any earthquakes above magnitude 2.5 on the Richter scale in the last 10 years. Research into earthquakes in the United Kingdom is carried out by the British Geological Survey.