Earthquake felt across Shropshire
A minor earthquake has been felt across Shropshire on Saturday afternoon after it occurred in South Wales.
The British Geological Survey says it measured around 4.4 magnitude and originated 20km north of Swansea at a depth of 7.4km.
Homes and businesses were reported to have shaken across Shropshire.
The earthquake was felt as far as Blackpool and Derbyshire from its epicentre and struck at around 2.31pm.
On average, the UK typically experiences one similar-sized earthquake every 3-5 years. The British Geological Survey says this was the biggest onshore UK event in 10 years, since 27 Feb 2008 Market Rasen eq 5.2 ml 16X bigger than today's event.
SEISMIC ALERT: CWMLLYNFELL, SOUTH WALES 17 FEBRARY 2018 14:31 UTC 4.4 ML LAT/LONG : 51.776° North / 3.837° West GRID REF : 273.3 kmE / 210.2 kmN DEPTH : 7.4 km MAGNITUDE : 4.4 ML https://twitter.com/BritGeoSurvey/status/964884057938042880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Latest update of the effects of the #earthquake in #Swansea region. Was felt up to 300 km from epicentre pic.twitter.com/Ym38rIbAZB https://twitter.com/LastQuake/status/964888486489874432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
