New Zealand earthquake moves it closer to Australia

An earthquake in New Zealand last week has moved it 30cm closer to Australia! This may sound like nothing, but over millions of years these movements add up. Believe it or not, the continents have been moving round the world since the planet first formed billions of years ago. This process is called plate tectonics [...]

The earth moves in Cumbria!

I guess many of you might have missed it, but there was an earthquake in Cumbria on Tuesday! It was a relatively small earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale, but was felt by a good number of people. It seems that nobody was hurt and very little if any damage was done. People reported [...]