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A 3.3 magnitude earthquake was felt in parts of southern England.
The British Geological Survey reported that the earthquake was located in the town of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, around 8.45am, and had a depth of 10 km.
He received reports suggesting that the earthquake was like a “big bang”, while others felt their houses shake.
“BGS is getting a lot of notifications from the press and the public in this densely populated area,” he tweeted.
“Reports include ‘like a heavy vehicle vehicle passing my front door at high speed’, ‘the house had a dramatic shaking’, ‘it felt like the whole house was shaking’ and ‘it was like a big explosion'”.
Bedfordshire police said they were receiving a “large” number of calls from the public, but no injuries have been reported.
One tweet read: “Our control room is experiencing a large number of calls due to an earthquake that was felt throughout the county. We have currently received no reports of major structural damage or injuries.”
The earthquake was felt in several areas around southern England on Tuesday morning, with BGS initially tweeting: “We are receiving reports of an earthquake in the Bedfordshire area. We are currently investigating this event and will post again shortly with an update” .
Social media users shared their different experiences of the earthquake online.
One user, Rob, posted a photo of a room in his home in Leighton Buzzard, claiming that the shaking had knocked objects off the wall.
“The earthquake just knocked down my entire feature wall. The UK has never had earthquakes, let alone the biggest ones!”
While another user, named Cipher, wrote: “In the middle of Buckinghamshire I heard about an earthquake and felt nothing, no shaking at all, people here love to get everything out of proportion.”
Dean Gray, at Leighton Buzzard, shared a clip of his dogs jumping when the earthquake struck.
“I actually thought my house was falling down,” he tweeted with a crying laughing emoji.
Another wrote: “I thought the #earthquake was just a massive fast train …”
Usha Chapman of Luton said the earthquake “lasted five seconds,” adding: “I was on a video call with my mother when I felt a side push. The door shook and the wall-mounted television also vibrated.”
