Residents of Staffordshire witnessed their houses shaking and windows and doors rattling as the area was hit by a 3.3 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday
, confirmed by the British Geological Society , had an epicentre of 7.3km below the village of Tean.
The BGS said it had received reports from around the area on Wednesday night, mainly from within 20km of the epicentre, describing “an initial rumbling, then a bang” with what “felt more like a shunt, like something had hit something”.with my wife on YouTube and as we opened another bottle of wine the whole house shook.Mark Begg, 30, told the PA news agency he was at home in Uttoxeter when he felt “a very large shake”.
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