'Houses shook and furniture moved'

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An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale has been felt in parts of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. BBC website users have been in touch to tell us their experiences.

SAMANTHA COCKERTON, LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE

At 17.07pm we heard a tremendous roaring sound and then the whole house shook. We live in a 16th century cottage so to feel this literally move beneath us was quite alarming. We wondered whether the whole of Marcle Ridge was about to come down on top of us, as it did so many years ago.

M SLATER, BROMYARD, HEREFORDSHIRE

We heard and felt an underground train, but then the house rocked! That was an earthquake we all exclaimed. It woke the dog. We are on top of Hegdon Hill - the highest cultivated point in Herefordshire, it is claimed - we have no underground lines closer than London.

D STALLAND, GREAT MALVERN, WORCS

I was using the computer at the time and it felt like the house next door was shutting one of their doors quite loudly but as the shaking lasted longer than a couple of seconds, it was apparent it was an earthquake. This is my second earthquake in Malvern. The last time was September 2000 and measured 4.2.

JEREMY MORFEY, LEIGH, WORCS

Yes, I felt it. I was watching TV and I felt on my back a vibration as if my neighbours had slammed a door very hard and shook the house. Strange, since they are not normally that rough. I thought it might be a fire blowing out a window but not that either. I live about 10 miles east of Bromyard, six west of Worcester, and seven north of Malvern.

CERIANNE THORNEYCROFT, HEREFORDSHIRE

I live near the railway line and initially thought the rumble was a heavy train, then realised the whole house had been shaken like the terrace had been shunted at one end, and I had even felt it in my neck having been leaning on a table against the wall at the time. Later when cooking I realised that the cooker had moved as well.

DAVID TOWNSEND, WHITBOURNE, WORCS

At this time, my wife and I were in our kitchen serving out our meal when what I thought was a large lorry with a rear empty container on it was trundling along our lane. So I opened the double-glazed windows to hear more but could not detect a vehicle close by. Then I picked up your news to say it was an earthquake.

VINCE, EVESHAM, WORCS

It was felt further than Worcester as I felt it at the other end of the county in Evesham. It was like a dull thud and the flat vibrated a bit. Only lasted for a couple of seconds. At first I thought it was someone missing the road and driving into the building.