00:00Did the ground just move in Wales?
00:02A 1.6-magnitude earthquake has rocked the stunning Linn Peninsula in North Wales,
00:07and people miles away felt it.
00:09Residents described a strange rumble, a vibration.
00:13Some even thought it was a sonic boom.
00:15The tremor struck near Lewandyrus,
00:17a tiny hamlet sitting in one of the UK's most seismically active zones.
00:22Shockwaves were felt as far as Cairnerfond and Lanberus.
00:25Some said their houses creaked.
00:27Others ran outside thinking something exploded.
00:30But here's what's wild.
00:32This exact region was the epicenter of the UK's largest ever earthquake over 40 years ago.
00:37Back in 1984, a massive 5.4 quake shook Wales, England,
00:42even parts of Ireland and Scotland.
00:44It caused rockfalls and damage as far as 65 miles away,
00:48and this wasn't an isolated event.
00:50Northwest Wales has a shaky past with over 300 tremors since 1970.
00:55Just this summer, quakes have hit Langaneder, Nuclas, and even under the Irish Sea.
01:00While most are too small to cause damage, they're a powerful reminder.
01:04Britain isn't as still as we think.
01:06So next time your house rumbles, it might not be the neighbours.
01:09It might just be Wales shifting again.
01:11It might just be Wales shifting again.
01:12It might just be Wales shifting again.
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