North-west England people Feel Earthquake Tremors

On Wednesday night , December 4, 2025 in north-west England, they felt earthquake tremors! Luckly, there was no one injured or damage.

The largest earthquakes in the world occur close to where tectonic plates meet. A tectonic plate is the Earth crust. Many quakes in the UK are clustered around an enormous block of rock known as the Midlands Microcraton. Midlands Microcraton is an ancient feature that is over 590 million years old. it runs up through Birmingham towards the Potteries.

Microcraton is composed of harder rocks than those either side of it.

There are a number of active faults that line the Midlands Microcraton, and many of the tremors experienced on the western side of the English Midlands, up to the Pennines, are a result of rocks jostling in this area.

Britain also sometimes feels the effects of earthquakes in the North Sea. Here, the crust is much thinner and it is also marked by large numbers of faults.

Every day, a lot of places that having earthquakes.

The Epicenter is where the earthquake is felt most strongly. BBC News round police said there have been no reports of anyone injured or damage caused by the quake. The British Geological Society says that “the UK experiences between 200 and 300 earthquakes a year but only about 20 or 30 are felt or heard by people.”

Some residents said that they were woken up by the tremors with one saying “I thought someone had driven into the house.” A local shop manager said: “Customers have been talking about it all morning. They thought there was an explosion. No one said that it was an earthquake!