29/05/2013 Newsround

It's Wednesday, 29th May. I'm Joe and you're watching Newsround.

Here's what we've got for you: Did you feel the earthquake this

morning? We've got your stories. And the highest party ever, 60 years

since man first climbed Everest. thick and fast from Wales today

about one story, an earthquake in North Wales at around 4am this

morning. No damage was done and no-one was hurt, but you've been

describing how your houses shook! It was the strongest quake to hit the

area for almost 30 years. But did you know that the UK is hit by about

200 every year, most way too small to be felt? I've been finding out

more. Did you feel it? Evie in Gwynedd, North Wales did. Her

windows and walls shook. Pete from Flintshire woke up when his bed

started shaking. And Lilly and Daisy sent us this message: I remember

waking up at about 4. 15am and the house was shaking. I thought the

bikes had fallen over. I wish they had. It felt like a lorry crashing

into the house. The earthquake hit North Wales this

morning just after 4am between the seaside town of Aberdar-on and

Bangor. But the tremor was felt as far away as Dublin in the Republic

of Ireland. Professor Ernie Rutter from Manchester University studies

earthquakes. The whole of the outer most part of the earth, the top 15

kilometres are so is quite fractured and broken. It has been squeezed by

natural processes and every once in a while one of the cracks moves and

those vibrations we perceive as earthquakes But this isn't the first

time an earthquake has been felt in Wales, close by in 1984 a quake

struck that was the largest recorded in mainland britain in 200 years

with a magnitude of 5.4. . This map shows all the significant

earthquake activity in the UK in recent times. The South East is

pretty quiet with all the action happening between South Wales and

the North East. This variation is thought to be because of the

different rock types deep underground. Earthquakes in other

parts of the world can be powerful and deadly but for these guys, the

North Wales earthquake of 2013 has left them with a little less sleep

including newcomer Luca Parmitano from Sicily. Italian chefs have

prepared special astronaut lasagne your life, from the extreme cold. It

can take years of training before you're even ready to start. We're

talking about climbing Mount Everest, the tallest point on earth.

And on this very day 60 years ago, two men, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing

Norgay became the first people ever to conquer it. Here's Ricky.

Conquering Mount Everest. I'm here at 6,000 meters above sea level.

In the past 60 years more than 3,000 climbers have scaled their way to

the top. From the oldest climber, this 80-year-old from Japan to the

youngest, a 13-year-old from America. Then you have some of the

more daring mountaineers. In fact, most recently, some climbers have

complained that the summit of Mount Everest has become gridlocked with

people queuing up to take on one of the world's most challenging

mountains. Some have tried and never made it. Around 300 people have lost

their lives trying to reach the top of the highest point on earth.

you go higher, the air gets thinner. On the summit of Everest, there is

one-third of the amount of oxygen as there is at sea level.

But before 1953, some people thought climbing mount everest was almost

impossible. That was until Edmond Hilary from New Zealand and his

mountain guide had a go. On the morning of the 29th May 1953, as

part of a British expedition, the pair began their final assault on

the summit. And they made it!

My main worry was the question of the supply of oxygen. Even when we

were on top, we were worried as whether we had enough to get down

again. Fortunately, we did. They became heroes. They achieved

what was considered at the time one of the last great challenges of