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An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale has been felt in Herefordshire.
The epicentre was 6km from Bromyard at 1806 GMT and was described as "weak" by the British Geological Survey (BGS).
Sandra Green in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, told the BBC she felt a "thud through the whole house".
The BGS is monitoring the area in case there are aftershocks. Seismologist David Galloway said: "It's really a case of wait and see."
"People have described it as a lorry crashing in to the side of their house and on analysis of our instruments there has been an earthquake of 3.6 on the Richter Scale." he said.
"We record about 200 earthquakes a year but most go unnoticed by the general public. One or two a month are felt and this was quite widely felt."
Heather Blevins, 43, of Holmfirth Place, Belmont, Herefordshire, said "the whole house shook" but nothing was damaged.
Police received reports of it affecting an area between Malvern and Worcester.
Mr Galloway said: "The cause of the earthquake is that we live on a dynamic planet and these plates are moving all over the world and this creates stress in the rocks.
"We are in the middle of one of these plates so we don't get the earthquakes like they do in Japan or Turkey."
Source from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7692225.stm
An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale has been felt in Herefordshire.
The epicentre was 6km from Bromyard at 1806 GMT and was described as "weak" by the British Geological Survey (BGS).
Sandra Green in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, told the BBC she felt a "thud through the whole house".
The BGS is monitoring the area in case there are aftershocks. Seismologist David Galloway said: "It's really a case of wait and see."
"People have described it as a lorry crashing in to the side of their house and on analysis of our instruments there has been an earthquake of 3.6 on the Richter Scale." he said.
"We record about 200 earthquakes a year but most go unnoticed by the general public. One or two a month are felt and this was quite widely felt."
Heather Blevins, 43, of Holmfirth Place, Belmont, Herefordshire, said "the whole house shook" but nothing was damaged.
Police received reports of it affecting an area between Malvern and Worcester.
Mr Galloway said: "The cause of the earthquake is that we live on a dynamic planet and these plates are moving all over the world and this creates stress in the rocks.
"We are in the middle of one of these plates so we don't get the earthquakes like they do in Japan or Turkey."
Source from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7692225.stm
