§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each of the last four years, and for the current year to date(a) the location and (b) the Richter scale measurement of earth tremors that have occurred in England; and what structural damage was reported.
§ Mr. BaldryThe British Geological Survey has located 1,478 earthquakes in the United Kingdom and its offshore area in the period January 1990 to mid-February 1994.554W Reports have been received of minor damage caused to properties from seven of these earthquakes; most widely from the so-called Bishop's Castle earthquake in western Shropshire on 2 April 1990 which had a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale. Details are contained in annual bulletins and annual reports of the national seismic monitoring and information service operated by the BGS. Published copies for the first three years and draft material for 1993–94 have been lodged in the Library of the House of Commons.