Houses shake as earthquake hits part of Wales
The BGS said smaller quakes were not unusual in Wales, with 70 measuring more than 3.5 between 1727 and 1984.The British Geological Survey said the quake's epicentre was just north of Brynmawr and west of Crickhowellthat they felt the "earth shake" in Ebbw Vale, which brought people out of their homes and into the streets.
Robert Griffiths, from Rhiwbina, Cardiff, said he had just sat down to watch TV after a night out when "all of a sudden the whole house shook"."It was kind of like 20 trucks had driven in front of the house so it was most unusual and quite strange." Elsewhere, Cat said she "thought we were going mad" in Blaenavon, Torfaen, as her "bed and house shook side to side".Dr Ian Stimpson, a senior geologist at Keele University, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, said such events "happen relatively infrequently".
"They are a big shock. An earthquake of this size, probably the UK has about three of them a year on average," he said.
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