Why earthquakes happen more frequently in Britain than Ireland (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Why earthquakes happen more frequently in Britain than Ireland

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Earthquake occurrences across Britain and Ireland (left) correspond to differences in lithosphere thickness (right).

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Sergei Lebedev

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