Earthquake Hits Britain.pdf

1 EarthquakeHitsBritain !"#$% 2 Earthquake Hits Britain !"#$% The Biggest Tremor in25Years &'()*+,-.$% Read the text below and dothe activitythat follows. /:;: On 27 thFebruary2008,somethingvery unusual happenedin the UK; there wasaratherlargeearthquake. It was thebiggest earthquakein 25yearsin havebeenvery small tremorsin thepastbut they pale into paredtothis one. It was felt in alargeareaacross thecountrytoo,from as far north as Edinburgh in Scotland toas farsouth asPlymouth on thesouthcoastof England. The epicentreof theearthquakewas in asmall town in Lincolnshire, which is an areaabout two anda half to three hours northofLondon magnitudeof wasregisteredon the Richter scale. Therewerelots of reportsin the news from peoplewho felt theearth move. One mansaid, "We hadloads of vibratingand wall shaking and stuff, noise comingoff –the chimney'son the floor!" A collapsed chimneywas thecauseof whatwas probably the worst injury from theearthquake; a man broke his pelviswhen thechimney fellon him. Another man who spoketo theBBCdescribedthe moment theearthquake occured, "Everything was soonasit happenedweallwent outsideandsaw everyoneelsedown the street, coming outandjust realised it wasanearthquake." The huge rumble that was felt byalot ofpeople, surprisinglycausedvery little structural damage t