People of Silverdale report rattling and shaking as 2.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in probable aftershock
A village in Lancashire has been hit by a “radiator rattling” earthquake for the second time in little over two weeks.
Residents of Silverdale, a small coastal village located five miles south of the Cumbria border, reported the now strangely familiar feeling of rattling and shaking in their homes at 5.03am as a 2.5-magnitude earthquake hit the area with its epicentre 1.6 miles (2.6km) off the coast.
The village and its surrounding areas had previously been struck by a 3.3-magnitude earthquake on 3 December, which had been the strongest earthquake in England since another magnitude 3.3 event in Staffordshire in 2023. There have been no reports of injuries or damage to property.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) has said that the more recent earthquake was an aftershock from the quake felt earlier in the month and that it was “not unusual” for tremors such as these to come in the weeks or months after bigger earthquakes.
