Staffordshire earthquake causes rumbling and homes to shake

Residents reported "rumbling" and rattling windows and doors aft a 3.3 magnitude earthquake deed Staffordshire connected Wednesday evening.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the tremor's epicentre was 7.3km (4.5 miles) beneath Tean.

The BGS said radical had reported "an archetypal rumbling, past a bang" with what "felt much similar a shunt, similar thing had deed something".

People arsenic acold arsenic 20km (12.5 miles) from the epicentre took to societal media to picture the effects.

Kelvin Evans, successful Upper Tean, said helium heard a "very loud, weird, spooky noise, that seemed to vibrate the beforehand of the house."

Another Tean resident, Jenni Brown, said she thought a conveyance had veered disconnected the roadworthy and bumped the broadside of her house.

Sarah Firth reported "a unusual sound and immense vibration" successful Alsager, Cheshire and Janet Buckley felt the crushed shingle successful Great Haywood, Stafford.

Mark Begg, 30, said helium was astatine location successful Uttoxeter erstwhile helium felt "a precise ample shake".

After checking the location and uncovering nary signs of harm helium concluded "it was astir apt a mini-earthquake".

Tom, 38, successful Cheadle said: "I was sitting watching an occurrence of Only Connect with my woman connected YouTube and arsenic we opened different vessel of vino the full location shook.

"I thought either 1 of the children had fallen retired of furniture oregon thing other had happened."

The BGS records and locates betwixt 200 and 300 earthquakes successful the UK each twelvemonth with the bulk lone detected by delicate instruments.

The strongest UK earthquake recorded by the survey was a 6.1 magnitude tremor successful the North Sea, astir 75 miles from Great Yarmouth, successful June 1931.