RESIDENTS of a rural Welsh village have been hit with an earthquake for the third time this year.
Shockwaves hit Gwynedd at 3.43am on Wednesday, according to the British Geological Survey.
Three earthquakes have hit Gwynedd this year
The tremor was centred on Capel Carmel, on the Llŷn Peninsula on Wednesday, at a depth of 19km, with a magnitude of 1.8 on the Richter scale.
The quake was felt two miles away, at Rhydlios.
Locals last night rushed to social media, saying they heard a sound “like thunder with a bang nothing like past quakes that we have had here also sounded like it was in the sky“.
It comes after another earthquake was recorded in Llwynmawr, Wrexham on on Saturday, February 4.
Locals in Abergavenny, Crickhowell, Llangynidr Llanover and Llanfoist reported that even their windows quivered from the force.
One person from Merthyr Tydfil described how their “whole house shook” as the 4.2 magnitude tremor struck.
Another reported they experienced a “slight shaking of their house” while the “handles on the furniture rattled”.
A resident in Mountain Ash told how their young son was woken from his slumber by the earthquake.
They wrote: “Thought something had fallen upstairs, then my son came down to say his bed shook waking him”.
Others said their properties “vibrated” and their possessions “actually moved” when the quake hit.
Meanwhile, the UK was rocked by a 3.7 magnitude earthquake on February 12.
The tremor – which struck under the North Sea – was felt in areas along the Norfolk coast.
Residents in Essex were woken by a loud bang and rumble as a 2.6 magnitude quake hit the county on February 8.
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