Great Britain?

Question

1 Where is the windiest place in Great Britain?
2 Are there earthquakes in GB? Where?

Answer 1

1. Most people reckon its the place where the Tan Hill Inn is located high in the Pennines in Yorkshire

2. Between 200 and 300 quakes occur in Britain each year, but only about 10% are strong enough to be felt.

6.1 biggest ever recorded, about 120km off Great Yarmouth, 1931
5.4 biggest on land in Lleyn, north Wales, 1984
5.1 in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, in 1990
4.2 in Warwick, Sept 2000
4.1 shook Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Oct 2001

Answer 2

Yes there are earthquakes all the time, but most register less than 1 on the scale

as for windiest im not sure but Argyll has a wind farm that is said to be the most efficient

"The power station, at Carradale on the Kintyre peninsular in Argyll, can generate enough electricity to supply 25,000 homes. " pasted this bit from ta news story on the net

Answer 3

1. My trousers
2. Yes, there are earthquakes although they are rarely as strong as other parts of the world. Most people have never experienced a British earthquake.

Answer 4

1. The Isle of Tiree, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. <-- this is the right answer.
2. Yes, small ones. I'm 25 and I've only felt 2 minor quakes here in my whole life, but there are smaller ones happening more frequently. They occur along fault lines... there are far too many fault lines to list, but none of them are are particularly big or active.