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| Llyn peninsula earthquake: Residents woken by tremor of 3.8 magnitude | Llyn peninsula earthquake: Residents woken by tremor of 3.8 magnitude |
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| A tremor measuring 3.8 in magnitude has hit north Wales in the early hours of Wednesday morning. | A tremor measuring 3.8 in magnitude has hit north Wales in the early hours of Wednesday morning. |
| The tremor centred on the Llyn peninsula in Gwynedd. | The tremor centred on the Llyn peninsula in Gwynedd. |
| The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the centre point was between the seaside towns of Aberdaron and Nefyn. | |
| People living as far away as Southport in Merseyside and Dublin in Ireland reported "intense shaking" at 04:16 BST but there are no reports of damage or injury. | |
| More than 100 reports from people who felt the earthquake have been made to the BGS, who said the majority were within a 100km radius. | |
| "This was a larger than average earthquake, we get around one a year of this size," it said. | |
| "People have reported hearing an initial loud banging, followed by rumbling, and intense shaking." | |
| Graham Williams from Pentir, near Bangor, told BBC Radio Wales: "I woke up to a cracking sound and realised the house was shaking. | Graham Williams from Pentir, near Bangor, told BBC Radio Wales: "I woke up to a cracking sound and realised the house was shaking. |
| "I could hear a low rumble for about 15 seconds and then it stopped." | "I could hear a low rumble for about 15 seconds and then it stopped." |
| Kevin Clark of Llynfais, Anglesey, said the tremor came as a bit of a shock. | |
| "I was fast asleep this morning and it sounded like a train running around the outside of the house," he said. | |
| "And considering in Anglesey where we are there's no train, it was a bit of a shock and the whole place was shaking and rumbling, like a deep rumbling sound." | |
| He added that his 14-year-old daughter was particularly shaken to be woken up to find her chandelier-style light shaking violently. | |
| North Wales was also hit by a smaller earthquake in Caernarfon in February this year measuring 2.3 magnitude. | |
| But the latest tremor is just a few miles from the point on the Llyn Peninsula where an earthquake struck in July 1984 with a magnitude of 5.4. | |
| That is still the most powerful recorded in mainland Britain in the last 200 years. | That is still the most powerful recorded in mainland Britain in the last 200 years. |