A small earthquake was recorded in South Wales just before midnight on Friday, as shocked locals described houses and walls shaking.
Another resident from Cwm in Blaenau Gwent told Sky News: "I felt the earthquake and was really concerned. It made our house shake, it was loud and the rumbling from it was clearly felt.
Another local resident said: "We just had an earthquake in South Wales , first one I've ever felt... thought there was someone trying to break into my house."There were also reports of people feeling the effects earthquake in Cardiff, Birmingham, Liverpool, Merthyr, Somerset and Shropshire. The furthest away testimony recorded on the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre website was in Nottingham, 193km away.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre , the quake had a magnitude of 3.8 and occurred at a depth of two kilometres less than a minute before midnight.Meanwhile, Google's Android Earthquake Alerts System said the tremor was 4.2 magnitude. The British Geological Survey, which is the UK's main provider of earthquake data, has not yet put out any information.
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