An earth tremor was felt across North Wales this afternoon with the epicentre for the earthquake thought to be in Clydach, Swansea. Early indications state the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.7 and was recorded at 2.31pm.
The EMSC an Independent Scientific Organization and provider of real-time earthquake warnings and information, said there had been over 4,000 reports from people feeling the effects of the quake, ranging from Cornwall to Liverpool.
The School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University Tweeted: “Bangor region of north Wales just experienced an earth tremor. Something for our students to explore next week as part of their geo modules.”
While in South Wales Dyfed Powys Police tweeted: “We are receiving an extremely high call volume reporting some sort of earth tremor in the area – we are receiving reports from across the whole of Wales (we felt it in our control room too!). For now – it is unexplained – but there is nothing to worry about.”
Llyn Peninsula 1984
On Thursday 19 July 1984 at 07:56 an earthquake struck the Llyn Peninsula in Gwynedd, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale, and is the largest known onshore earthquake to occur in the UK since instrumental measurements began.
The effects were felt throughout Wales and there were many reports of minor damage to properties in the region.
