An earthquake has been felt across south Wales, including in Pembrokehire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion this afternoon.
According to initial reports the tremor was 4.9 mag on the Richter scale and was centred around one kilometre from Neath.
M4.9 #earthquake strikes 88 km W of #Bristol (United Kingdom) 13 min ago. Effects reported by witnesses: pic.twitter.com/66CLLKS2cl
— EMSC (@LastQuake) February 17, 2018
We are receiving an extremely high call volume reporting some sort of earth tremor in the area - we are receiving reports from across the whole of Wales (we felt it in our control room too!). For now - it is unexplained - but there is nothing to worry about.
— HeddluDPPolice (@DyfedPowys) February 17, 2018
Independent earthquake monitoring service @emsc has confirmed a 4.7 magnitude earthquake hit South Wales at 14.31pm at a depth of 10km.
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