Huge earthquake hits Scotland as terrified residents describe ‘large explosion’
A MASSIVE earthquake has struck parts of Scotland with terrified residents hearing a “loud explosion”.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the large 3.3 magnitude quake rocked the Isle of Mull.
It said movement was felt on Mull itself, on surrounding islands and on the mainland, mainly from within around 50km of the epicentre.
Locals told how their “whole house creaked” and “all the windows and doors rattled”.
Another added that “the sofa seemed to vibrate”.
Others who were impacted by the quake told the BGS they “thought someone had crashed into the house” and “it was like a large explosion nearby”.
Some people took to social media to share their experience of the quake, which had its epicentre in the north west of the island near the village of Dervaig.
One person on Mull posted on X, formerly Twitter: “Anyone else here on the Isle of Mull think we’ve had a couple of earth tremors this evening? Like a rumbling train in a tunnel and lasting for a good number of seconds.”
Another person wrote: “We heard a weird bang and the glasses and plates in the dresser started rattling.”
Earlier on Monday, a 2.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded at Moidart in the Highlands at around 2.24pm, while a 1.1 magnitude quake hit Morvern, also in the Highlands, at 1.10pm.
All three quakes were at a depth of 7km.
It comes after Scotland was hit by a double earthquake two weeks ago.
Shortly after 12.18pm on Wednesday, January 17 Morvern in the Highlands recorded a quake of 1.4 magnitude.
Later that evening, Treshnish Islands off the coast of Argyll recorded a 1.1 magnitude quake.
The double quakes were the fourteenth tremours locals have felt in the last few months.
There are usually around 200 to 300 earthquakes in Britain every year.
And while most of them go unnoticed, around 30 can be felt and have a magnitude of 2.0 or larger.
More to follow.
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