9:58pm UK, Monday January 03, 2011
A tremor measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale has been reported by people living in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.
The British Geological Survey confirmed that an earthquake had occurred.
Earlier the US Geological Survey told Sky News it was aware of an incident measuring 3.7 which was 10km deep and happened at 9.03pm.
It said the earthquake may have been centred under the North Sea.
The tremor is the second to hit England in the space of a few weeks.
Last month the British Geological Survey confirmed that an earthquake of local magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale took place shortly before 11pm on December 21 in Coniston in the Lake District.
A tremor measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale has been reported by people living in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.
The British Geological Survey confirmed that an earthquake had occurred.
Earlier the US Geological Survey told Sky News it was aware of an incident measuring 3.7 which was 10km deep and happened at 9.03pm.
It said the earthquake may have been centred under the North Sea.
The tremor is the second to hit England in the space of a few weeks.
Last month the British Geological Survey confirmed that an earthquake of local magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale took place shortly before 11pm on December 21 in Coniston in the Lake District.

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