A small village in County Durham was hit today by a 1.3 magnitude earthquake.
The tremors were recorded in Quaking Houses near Stanley at 1am this morning, according to the British Geological Survey. There are roughly 200-300 quakes in Britain every year, but the vast majority are so small that no one notices them. Experts say there are 20 or 30 over 2.0 magnitude which can be felt over a wider area.
Until about 10,500 years ago much of the north of the UK was covered by a thick layer of ice - which pushed the rocks down into the underlying mantle.These rocks have been slowly rising back up ever since the ice melted, causing occasional earthquakes in the process.
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