An earthquake rocked the north-west of England final evening which felt like ‘an underground explosion’.
The three.3 magnitude tremor struck shortly after 11.23pm and was felt throughout Lancashire and the southern Lake District.
The Birtish Geographical Survey believes the epicentre was simply off the coast of Silverdale, Lancashire at a depth of 1.86 miles.
The cities of Kendal and Ulverston would have felt many of the quake, being inside 12 miles of the epicentre.
Residents instructed the BGS it ‘felt like an underground explosion” and was “so highly effective it shook the entire home’.
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The Volcano Discovery web site, which additionally collects info on earthquakes, acquired greater than 1,100 reviews from individuals who have been within the space on the time.
However most reviews detailed ‘mild’ or ‘weak’ shaking.
Lancashire Fireplace and Rescue Service mentioned ‘many residents felt or heard a loud bang’.
Lancaster police confirmed they’d acquired reviews of a ‘loud explosion” within the space.
They mentioned: ‘There have been no reviews of anybody injured or harm triggered however we’ve officers within the space, along with colleagues from the Lancashire Fireplace and Rescue Service and the North West Ambulance Service.’
Between 200 and 300 earthquakes are detected within the UK every year, however solely round 20 to 30 are robust sufficient to be felt.
Most go unnoticed, recorded solely by delicate devices, and the overwhelming majority trigger little or no harm.
The newest earthquake measuring greater than 3.3 magnitude was felt in components of Perth and Kinross on October 20.
The BGS mentioned the quake struck at 7.25am, with its epicentre in Pubil, within the Glen Lyon area.
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