Scientists have discovered more earthquakes occur Britain and in the north of Ireland because the solid outer part of the earth is thinner there.
Researchers from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and the University of Cambridge made the discovery when trying to figure out why seismic shakes occur more frequently in Britain compared with here.
They found that variations in the thickness of tectonic plates, which are also known as lithospheric plates, relate directly to the distribution and risk of earthquakes in Ireland, Britain, and around the world.
