Peter Mugridge
Veteran Member
OK
. Weve had the floods, now the earthquake. Whats next? Locusts?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26277432
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26277432
The 4.1 magnitude quake happened at about 13:21 GMT and was felt in Somerset, Devon and south Wales.
The epicentre was north of Ilfracombe, Devon, and south of the Gower in Wales and was at a depth of 3.1 miles (5km).
Devon and Cornwall Police said it had received "a few" calls from the North Devon area with one caller describing it as "quite a violent tremor".
The BGS said it had received reports of people feeling the quake in Dartmoor, Bristol, Taunton, Swansea, Llanelli, Exmouth, Barnstaple, Gloucester and South Molton.