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Earthquakes

Last Updated: Wednesday December 29 2004 12:32 GMT

How often do they happen?

A crack in a road left after and earthquake

Did you know there are over a million earthquakes each year in all parts of the world?

But we don't notice most of them because they are so small.

Britain doesn't have a history of devastating earthquakes, but there are 200 to 250 on average a year, and about 30 of those can be felt.