Har vi jordbävningar i Sverige?

Every day, a couple of earthquakes occur in Sweden. Most of them are so small that only instruments can detect them, but once in a while stronger earthquakes are felt over large areas. They are all caused by the North American and Eurasian continental plates drifting apart in the middle of the Atlantic, which builds up tensions in the Earth’s crust. When these tensions are suddenly released, the ground shakes. Participating researcher: Björn Lund, Department of Earth Sciences, director of the Swedish National Seismic Network.