§ Mr. RedmondTo 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. NeedhamNorthern 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.