An earthquake hit part of part of the Midlands - just over an hour away from Nottingham - on Wednesday evening, with people said to have felt the impact just over the border in Derbyshire. The British Geological Survey (BGS) confirmed the incidents and said the 3.3 magnitude tremor struck at 8.21pm with an epicentre at Tean, Staffordshire.
People who live near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, said they felt their houses shake as the earthquake hit. A spokesperson for the BGS said they had received reports from around the region, mainly from within 20km of the epicentre.
Reports described “an initial rumbling, then a bang” and the earthquake “felt more like a shunt, like something had hit something”. Windows and doors were reported as having rattled.
Mark Begg, 30, told the PA news agency that he was at home in Uttoxeter when he felt “a very large shake”.
He said he checked “around the house to see if I could see anything” and “after noticing there were no signs of damage I concluded it was most likely a mini earthquake”.
Tom, 38, in Cheadle, Staffordshire, 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.
“I thought either one of the children had fallen out of bed or something else had happened.”
