The quake hit on Wednesday evening with the epicentre in Tean, says the British Geological Survey.
By Susie RackResidents reported "rumbling" and rattling windows and doors after a 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit Staffordshire on Wednesday evening.It is the largest of 21 earthquakes to strike the UKThe BGS said people had reported "an initial rumbling, then a bang" with what "felt more like a shunt, like something had hit something".Kelvin Evans, in Upper Tean, said he heard a "very loud, weird, spooky noise, that seemed to vibrate the front of the house.
Another Tean resident, Jenni Brown, said she thought a vehicle had veered off the road and bumped the side of her house.Sarah Firth reported "a strange noise and huge vibration" in Alsager, Cheshire and Janet Buckley felt the ground shake in Great Haywood, Stafford.After checking the house and finding no signs of damage he concluded "it was most likely a mini-earthquake".
Tom, 38, in Cheadle said: "I was sitting watching an episode of Only Connect with my wife on YouTube and as we opened another bottle of wine the whole house shook.The BGS records and locates between 200 and 300 earthquakes in the UK each year with the majority only detected by sensitive instruments. The strongest UK earthquake recorded by the survey was a 6.1 magnitude tremor in the North Sea, about 75 miles from Great Yarmouth, in June 1931.
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