Tremors felt across Lancashire after 4.7 magnitude earthquake hits Wales

By The Newsroom
Published 17th Feb 2018, 14:33 BST
Updated 17th Feb 2018, 19:45 BST
People across Lancashire have reported feeling an earthquake that hit Wales on Saturday afternoon.

The quake, which measured 4.7 on the Richter scale, happened at 2:31pm around eight miles from Swansea in South Wales, with tremors felt as far south as Cornwall and as far north as Cumbria. There were also some isolated reports from people in Ireland.

People have taken to social media in their droves writing about feeling the quake, with some unsure as to what they had just experienced.

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One Lancastrian, Emmy Bell, took to Twitter to say that her car was rocked in Asda car park in Deepdale.