People living in parts of the UK felt the ground shake yesterday afternoon as a magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck.
The British Geological Survey said the quake happened in Shropshire just to the east of the town of Wem at a depth of seven kilometres at 2.36pm.
It was ‘felt by many residents in the region (mainly from within around 60km of the epicentre)’, said the BGS.
They added that people were reporting effects like ‘my chair wobbled’, ‘house felt like it moved from left to right’, ‘noticeable shaking coming through the floor’, ‘noticed an odd trembling through my office chair, faint but persisted for about three seconds’ and ‘all the windows rattled’.
Its epicentre was between the villages of Stanton upon Hine Heath, Weston-under-Redcastle and Hodnet.
It was the third earthquake with a magnitude of more than two to hit the UK in the last 24 hours.
A 2.1-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland just before 8am on Monday.
A quake with a magnitude of 2.3 struck in Sale, Greater Manchester, at 8.40pm on Sunday, according to the BGS.