An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 hit Wales at midnight on Saturday, causing houses and furniture to shake. Locals across the country reported feeling the tremors, with some confused at first.
The quake struck eight miles north of the Rhondda Valley, with its epicentre causing panic as locals reported their beds started to move and walls shook. One resident near the epicentre said the quake was so noticeable “it felt like the roof was falling off”. The earthquake was recorded as being of a 3.8 magnitude, at a depth of one mile, the British Geological Survey said.
Other reports of the earthquake filtered in from residents in Liverpool, Birmingham, Cardiff, Merthyr, Shropshire, and Somerset. The furthest testimony recorded on the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre website was 193km away in Nottingham. Some closer to the epicentre reported that the vibrations only lasted a couple of seconds at most and caused more confusion than damage.
The quake is not the first to hit the UK in recent days, according to the British Geological Society. On February 24, a 1.5 magnitude quake was felt in Penryn, Cornwall at around 6.30am in the morning. There were also small tremors in the Scottish Highlands on February 19, as well as a 2.6 magnitude earthquake in Essex on February 9.
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