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South Wales Earthquake: Whole Houses Shake as 3.8 Magnitude Tremor Hits Region

An earthquake measuring 3.8 has struck in South Wales with people across the region telling of "houses shaking" and it feeling like an "explosion" as they were awoken in bed

BBC 25 FEB 2023

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A 3.8 magnitude earthquake has hit South Wales with alarmed residents telling of waking up in bed with "whole house shaking" and it feeling like an "explosion".

The earthquake hit several miles north of Rhondda at midnight on Friday at a depth of just over one mile, reported the British Geological Survey.

Many people immediately reported feeling the effects of the quake and from as far away as Wolverhampton in the West Midlands.

A person in Merthyr Tydfil wrote: "Whole house shook" and another in Hirwaun made the same comment with both only a few miles from the epicentre.

"We've had mini earthquake tremors before in Wales but that tremor shook my house to the core in Ebbw Vale," said a Twitter user.

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A 3.8 magnitude earthquake has hit South Wales

One resident of Hirwaun said: "Slight shaking of house, handles on furniture rattling."

While in the town of Mountain Ash a person wrote: "Thought something had fallen upstairs, then my son came down to say his bed shook waking him."

One report from Gilwern, 25 kilometres from the epicentre, described their house shaking and it feeling like an "explosion".

Cllr Jamie Scriven in Merthyr Tydfil wrote on Facebook: "A lot of questions online about the recent disturbance."

He added: "Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter.

"It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc. In Merthyr Tydfil (pop. 43,800) located 5 km from the epicenter, and Aberdare (pop. 31,100) 6 km away the quake should have been felt as light shaking."

In Aberdare a man wrote: "Felt the whole house shake. Thought my wife had fallen out of bed. Took me a few minutes to realise what had happened."

Map shows top 10 worst earthquakes to ever hit the UK after Essex tremor

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The largest earthquake to ever strike in the UK came at Dogger Bank in North Sea back in 1931