Earthquake felt outskirts of London as residents say their homes was shaking

Earthquake felt outskirts of London as residents say their homes was shaking details..

An earthquake was felt on the outskirts of London this morning. Residents near Chelmsford in Essex, not far from Stratford in London, said they felt a rumble and others even claimed their homes shook. The British Geological Society confirmed it was an earthquake that happened at twilight at 5am.

Earthquake felt outskirts of London as residents say their homes was shaking details..

It recorded a magnitude of 2.6 and a depth of 8 km at its epicenter, the quaint town of Bicknacre.Anything between magnitude 2.5 and 5.4 usually means an earthquake will be felt, but the damage is minimal. Some locals said it was like "a loud rumble/earthquake noise" while others commented it was like "fighter planes rumbled in the sky".

Earthquake felt outskirts of London as residents say their homes was shaking details..

Other reports claim whole houses shook, while another said their radiators vibrated. But it didn't reach everyone as one Chelmsford resident laughed that they were "sleeping".

2 days back last earthquake was reported in MALLAIG,HIGHLAND area. magnitude was 2.1. thankfully No damage was done.

Earthquake felt outskirts of London as residents say their homes was shaking details..

In Year 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake was the strongest earthquake on record in Britain. It had a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter magnitude scale and elicited shaking intensity ranging from VI (strong) to VII (extremely strong) on ​​the Mercalli intensity scale. Due to the location of the quake in the North Sea, the damage was significantly less than an epicenter in mainland Britain.

Many few earthquake was reported last year in areas like STRONTIAN,HIGHLAND, LLANBEDR,POWYS,STAVELEY,CUMBRIA, ST ANN'S,D & G , STRONTIAN,HIGHLAND, MELLDALLOCH,ARGYLL/BUTE,STRONTIAN,HIGHLAND,GLENDARUEL,ARGYLL/BUTE, KINLOCHEWE,HIGHLAND and GLENLYON,PERTH/KINROSS. damage is so limited in all of theses areas.