I see that such a scale does exist, I should do my research before going into print, but I think it should be used more to put these earth tremors into perspective.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale

The media and the public do not grasp the significance that the Richter scale is logarithmic and that 3 is in fact 10 times smaller than 4. To help clarity I think they should produce a physical table like the Beaufort scale for wind.

"UK weather: Hottest late August Bank Holiday Monday on record"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49471053

"It has been the hottest late August Bank Holiday Monday ever, as temperatures soared across the UK."

It does look as though the record is for the "late" bank holiday, which was the earliest it could be bar one day. Temperatures soared across the UK?

"Trawsgoed near Aberystwyth saw the top temperature of 24.3C in Wales, while Scotland's highest was 24C at Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire.

In Northern Ireland, thermometers peaked at 21.2C in Killowen."

Wow, 21.2C - 24.3C across the UK outside England.

"Lancashire fracking: Second tremor in a day recorded at fracking site"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-49480142

"A 1.0 magnitude tremor has been recorded at a fracking site in Lancashire - the second within a day.

The seismic event was recorded at about 22:20 BST on Monday at Preston New Road near Blackpool.

Cuadrilla said the event lasted "for a couple of seconds" and was "unlikely" to have been widely felt. Operations at the site remain suspended.

Fracking was stopped by The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) after a 2.9 magnitude earthquake was reported earlier.

Another earthquake with a magnitude of 2.1 was measured at the Little Plumpton site on Saturday, which followed another tremor measured at 1.6 on Wednesday." etc etc.

Regarding the debate as to when a tremor becomes a quake, the BBC or someone seems to have decided the line lies between magnitude 1.6 and 2.1.

"Nasa Greenland visualisation"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science_and_environment

"Nasa visualisation of the melting Greenland ice sheet up to the year 2300"

"'Surrey swarm' quakes 'not caused by oil extraction'"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-49480365

"Scientists have found no evidence that oil extraction caused a series of 34 earthquakes known as the "Surrey swarm".

The tremors began in April 2018, and neighbours blamed oil wells a few miles away in Horse Hill and Brockham.

Scientific opinion on the cause of the quakes has been divided.

A study by Imperial College London, the University of Bristol and the British Geological Survey (BGS) concluded the earthquakes were natural.

Lead author Dr Stephen Hicks said: "The quakes seem to have occurred naturally, and our findings suggest their closeness to oil extraction sites is probably a coincidence."

The quakes occurred between April 2018 and May 2019, within 10km (6.2 miles) of two active oil extraction sites where test drilling had been carried out.

The largest reached a magnitude of 3.2 and was felt by people in Newdigate, Dorking, Horley and Charlwood in Surrey, as well as Crawley and Horsham in West Sussex."

M Courtney & Ross Lea, regarding the tremors - I agree totally.

My take on fracking has always been that IF it can be done safely, we'd be silly not to take advantage of the benefit, especially as fracked gas use instead of coal would reduce CO2 emissions, something the alarmists should approve of. But that if there are problems, then unless they can be overcome, we shouldn't proceed. We do need to take stock if things aren't as expected.

Secondly, I think that fracking should be held to the same standards as other industries, not to an unapproachable gold standard purely because it IS fracking for gas.

Ak I was not aware of the BBC presence at the Brexit Party Conference may be they cut and pasted it from YouTube ?