South Wales earthquake : 'My wife jumped out of her skin' - residents describe moment they felt tremor

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South Wales earthquake : 'My wife jumped out of her skin' - residents describe moment they felt tremor
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In the early hours of the morning, a tremor was detected, its epicentre around 10km North of Ebbw Vale/Tredegar Wales, but the impact was felt in a vast area of South Wales - to varying degrees

You'd be forgiven for thinking that it was an ordinary Saturday morning in the South Wales Valleys - and for most it probably was., its epicentre around 10km North of Ebbw Vale/Tredegar Wales, but the impact was felt in a vast area of South Wales - to varying degrees.She told Sky News that she was lying in bed watching Netflix when she"felt like someone picked up the bed and dropped it".

Kylie said she had not found any damage in the aftermath of the tremor, but her friends too had told her that they felt like"their house shook".Howard Smith runs a Bed and Breakfast near Ystrad Mynach in the Rhymney Valley.

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