Earthquake shakes Yorkshire Dales village
Residents of a North Yorkshire village were shaken by an earthquake overnight.
A 2.5-magnitude quake was recorded just after 01:30 BST near Litton in the Yorkshire Dales.
The tremor, south-west of the village, had a depth of 4km (2.5 miles), according to the British Geological Survey (BGS).
The last earthquake recorded in North Yorkshire was at Kilnsey in Wharfedale on 18 March, which was a magnitude of two.
On Tuesday, the BGS recorded a 1.2-magnitude earthquake in Cardiff.
Earthquakes below 2.5 can sometimes only be picked up with monitoring equipment but the Dales event was reportedly felt by a number of people in the village and surrounding area.
One nearby resident told the BBC she and her husband were awoken by a "loud rumbling noise and the ground shaking".
"It didn't last long at all," she added.
Others on social media said they awoke with a start to a loud noise - with some people saying they initially believed there had been some sort of explosion.
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