Locals react to 3.3 magnitude earthquake which hit Lancashire village

Evening Standard

Terrified residents have described being shaken and stirred after a 3.3 magnitude earthquake shook homes in the north of England.Some feared a Chernobyl-style nuclear catastrophe at the nearby atomic power plant in Heysham, Lancashire, before finding “seismic activity” had disturbed thousands of people across the north of the county and south Cumbria.

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00:00There's some backpackers in a thunderstorm in Florida.

00:04I put the book down and settled into bed and boom!

00:08There's this huge bang and we jumped up, dressing gowns on, bewildered as to what it might be.

00:15Yeah, it was bang on 23 minutes past 11.

00:19There was an almighty rumble and a very loud noise.

00:23I thought a lorry had driven into the property or somebody was trying to break in.

00:26I was scared, I jumped up, started shouting to say get away from the house, thinking somebody was breaking in.

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