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There are very few regions of the world that are aseismic. Even Antarctica has them. The cause of earthquakes include plate tectonics, volcanic activity, elevation of land due to isostasy after removal if ice sheets, and just adjustments of the geological strata. In other words there is no good reason why GB should not have them. Many other countries would like to think they are free from natural disasters as well.

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we get very light earthquakes in the UK because the UK is not located near tectonics boundary.

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well it is the same reason.

like as how other places get earthquakes. The plates rub against each other at a fault line, which causes an earthquake. The UK is on the Eurasian plate.

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