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A small earthquake of 4.4 magnitude has affected parts of Wales and south-west England today. Apparently this happens every 2-3 years but as nothing like this is frequent its quite surprising when it happens.

No damage or injuries was caused, although it shook a lot of buildings and people were said to hear a loud bang.

Anyone on TTG witness it happening?


Steven Clathworthy, who lives near Bridgend, south Wales said he heard a bang the settee moved.

"All the neighbours were out asking 'what's happening?'" he said.

Bryan Jones, 72, of Treochy, Rhondda Cynon Taff, said: "It was like a tremor but it was quite frightening for my granddaughter - she swore a little bit and my wife got up asking 'What was that?'"


"It was just a split second. We can't see anything damaged."

In Cheltenham, Paul Samway said it felt like "a washing machine breaking down".

"We heard the walls crack and there was a bit of juddering," he added.

"We thought nothing of it until we saw reports from other people on social media."



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Didn't feel/hear anything out of the ordinary, good it was only mild.
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Yeah never heard of there being any nice sized earthquakes coming out of the UK, glad to hear no damage was done.
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Glad there was no damage dobe
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Glad it was only a small one and no major damage was recorded.
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Yep didn't actually hit where I was in UK but where I used to live 20 odd miles my brother had it bad and he said the plates were about to fall of the table. We got the back end from Mexico.
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I didn't know about this I'm from south england
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Wasn't a huge issue because no one felt anything from it being so small.
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I bet that tickled there toes compared to ones in other countries. Earthquakes seem very scary, would never want to be around one. Small or big.
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Silky wrote
Didn't feel/hear anything out of the ordinary, good it was only mild.
Same here matey
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