People describe being woken by a bang, 'like an underground train going under our bungalow'.
The earthquake happened beneath the Essex village of Bicknacre in the early hours of Thursday
An earthquake felt in parts of Essex in the early hours of Thursday has been confirmed by the British Geological Survey . The survey said the 2.6 magnitude quake happened in Bicknacre, south east of Chelmsford, at about 05:05 GMT and at a depth of about 9km .One told the BGS it was "was like an underground train going under our bungalow".
Others told the group they were "awoken by a loud bang and rumble" and the earthquake "felt like a piece of large furniture had fallen over"."Just after 05:00 there was a very loud bang - but I didn't really feel any earth shaking or anything," he told BBC Essex."My son shot out of bed as well and we were just looking at one another, going 'what was that?' - I thought we were getting broken into.
"It was a pretty big bang, and it was as if someone had broken through our patio doors - it was a major bang," he said.
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