South West of Britain rocked by earthquake

Hundreds have been tweeting not quite the field monster rocked by earthquake

The South West of Britain has been rocked by an earthquake this lunchtime.

Hundreds of people tweeted more or less the tremors and The British Geological Survey said it was investigating a quake centred re speaking north Devon.


The tremor believed to be 4.1 magnitude on the subject of the Richter scale and a BGS spokesman said: "It looks following there was an earthquake originating in north Devon at 13:21 therefore we are just analysing it."

The earthquake is thought to be the biggest in the UK since February 2008, plus a 5.2 quake hit Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire.

Reports upon Twitter suggest the quake was felt in north Devon and South Wales.

Robin Beer tweeted: "Anybody else feel the earth tremor just now?! #ndevon #barnstaple #earthquake."

Ant Veal said: "Noticeable earth tremor just now (13.22GMT) in Exeter. Lasted 3 seconds. #Devon #earthquake."

Glenn Watts option: "Small tremor felt in Exeter, lasted 5 seconds armchairs wobbled as did the tv upon its stand."

People in South Wales then reported feeling the auditorium shake.

Someone using the say BuskingWomble wrote: "Blimey did anyone else mood that tremor? #BurryPort #Llanelli."

Another user said: "Earthquake Tremor in Wales today. We felt it in the building in Swansea."