Earthquake
In the early morning of Wednesday 27th February 2008, large parts of England and Wales were hit by an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale.
Most earthquakes are caused by Plate Tectonics. The earth's shell consists of a number of sections or plates that hover on the molten rock of the mantle. These plates move on convection currents caused by high temperature rising from the centre of the earth. The hot molten rock rises and spreads out on the surface, creating new crust.
The crust spreads out forming a new plate until it meets another plate. One of the plates will be pushed down into the internal of the earth and reabsorbed into the mantle. Plates can also be packed together to push up mountains when they crash or move sideways along transform faults.
I was woken up at around 1.00 am early on Wednesday 27th February 2008 by a trembling movement and instantly saw constant tremor of our front window. It was very terrifying. The whole earthquake lasted for a few seconds.
First I was not sure what was happening. I also heard some noise outside and looked through the window and saw people talking, staring and wondering what had happened.
I then switched the TV and put the Sky news on and saw that news flashing, stating that tremors hit the country at about 1:00am and the earthquake was measured at 5.2 on the Richter Scale.
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