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| Earthquake confirmed in Bristol Channel | Earthquake confirmed in Bristol Channel |
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| An earthquake has been recorded under the Bristol Channel, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has confirmed. | An earthquake has been recorded under the Bristol Channel, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has confirmed. |
| 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 BSG said it had received reports of people feeling the quake in Dartmoor, Bristol, Taunton, Swansea, Llanelli, Exmouth, Barnstaple, Gloucester and South Molton. | |
| 'Ran outside' | |
| Susanne Sargeant, from the BGS, said it was "not unusual" to get quakes in the channel. | |
| "It is an area in the Bristol Channel we know to have seismological action," she said. | |
| "One guy called and said he was in his house when he felt the earthquake - he said it was a bit of a surprise. Things were shaking on the shelves and he ran outside. | |
| "We do see earthquakes here from time to time and the last one was at Hartland Point in 2001 - that's 50km south west of today's earthquake." | |
| Reports on Twitter talked of one building in Bridgwater "swaying" during the quake while others said it was felt as far away as Taunton. | Reports on Twitter talked of one building in Bridgwater "swaying" during the quake while others said it was felt as far away as Taunton. |
| Ruth O'Malley, in Swansea, tweeted that there was a "definite rumble" from the quake. | |
| Ilfracombe Museum tweeted "the ground definitely shook just now" while Toby Dedden, from Ilfracombe, said his "whole house just randomly shook for about two seconds". | |
| Avon and Somerset Police said it had not had any calls about the earthquake. |