‘As we opened one other bottle of wine the entire home shook’: Staffordshire hit by earthquake

Jun 29, 2023 at 1:58 AM
‘As we opened one other bottle of wine the entire home shook’: Staffordshire hit by earthquake

A minor earthquake is believed to have hit Staffordshire on Wednesday night.

The 3.3 magnitude tremor was felt in Stoke-on-Trent and surrounding areas at round 8.20pm.

Mark Begg, 30, stated he was at dwelling in Uttoxeter when he felt “a very large shake”.

He stated 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, stated: “I used to be sitting watching an episode of Only Connect with my spouse on YouTube and as we opened one other bottle of wine the entire home shook.

“I thought either one of the children had fallen out of bed or something else had happened.”

Twitter

This content material is supplied by Twitter, which can be utilizing cookies and different applied sciences.
To present you this content material, we’d like your permission to make use of cookies.
You can use the buttons beneath to amend your preferences to allow Twitter cookies or to permit these cookies simply as soon as.
You can change your settings at any time through the Privacy Options.


Unfortunately we now have been unable to confirm when you have consented to Twitter cookies.
To view this content material you need to use the button beneath to permit Twitter cookies for this session solely.

Enable Cookies
Allow Cookies Once

The British Geological Survey stated it had been contacted by residents all through the area.

“Reports described ‘an initial rumbling then a bang’, ‘felt more like a shunt, like something had hit something’ and ‘the windows and doors all rattled,'” it stated on Twitter.