Earthquake Wales

The 3.7 magnitude quake - south Wales' largest in five years - is felt by people in Birmingham.

"They are a big shock. "We live in an old cottage. You could hear it rattling. The BGS reported a tremor with a magnitude of 0.9 in Llwynmawr, near Chirk, Wrexham, on 4 February, one of 1.1 at Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, on 20 January and one with a magnitude of 2 at Llanbedr, Powys, on 27 December. [Turkish earthquake](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64711228) for example - that was a million times more powerful than the earthquake last night." "It was kind of like 20 trucks had driven in front of the house so it was most unusual and quite strange." "When someone says 'it shook you to the core', it was that kind of feeling." [Wales' most powerful quake](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22699999) was on the Llyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, in 1984 - measuring 5.4, it began at a depth of more than 12 miles (20km). [BBC Radio Wales Breakfast](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000512t) that they felt the "earth shake" in Ebbw Vale, which brought people out of their homes and into the streets. [largest earthquake ever recorded in the UK](http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/education/faqs/faq8.html) was in the North Sea on 7 June 1931, with a magnitude of 6.1. A 5.2 magnitude earthquake in Swansea in 1906 was one of the most damaging British earthquakes of the 20th Century, with damage to chimneys and walls reported across south Wales. Brian Baptie, BGS head of seismology, said it was the largest earthquake in south Wales since a 4.6 magnitude quake about 25 miles (40km) west, near Swansea, in February 2018.