Earthquake hits England: Surrey rocked by SECOND quake near Gatwick Airport
BRITAIN has been rocked by a second earthquake in last 12 hours near Gatwick Airport, the British Geological Survey has said.
An earthquake registering magnitude 2.8 has been recorded near Dorking, in Surrey.
Surrey residents have reported feeling a stronger tremor at around 1.30pm in the Newdigate and Charlwood areas after an earlier quake was recorded at 4.59am.
This morning's earthquake was initially recorded at a magnitude of 1.6 the British Geological Survey at the time confirmed.
However, It has since been raised to a magnitude of 2.0.
It makes it the sixth earthquake in four weeks in the Dorking and Gatwick Airport area.
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Dr Stephen Hicks, a seismologist at the University of Southampton, tweeted: “Felt reports of another earthquake as part of the Surrey seismic sequence around 10 minutes ago.
“Seems to be confirmed by seismic waveform data. The maximum amplitude at station HMNX suggests it is larger than this morning's event.”
Meanwhile another Twitter user said: “Was there another earthquake in Surrey? Around 2.35pm today? The whole house just shook like something smacked into the side of it!”
Last Thursday southern England was rocked by a 3.0 magnitude earthquake, hitting the Crawley area at 11.53am with the epicentre being place at the picturesque village of Cranleigh, Surrey.
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The British Geological Survey received reports suggesting the earthquake "was like two huge explosions" and a "large impact then two to three seconds of shaking".
Holidaymaker Matt Temple tweeted: "Just felt an earthquake at Gatwick Airport - felt whole building move and a dull banging noise."
A British geological expert last month warned earthquakes in Surrey are “not normal” after two tremors struck just days apart in the British county.
British Geological Society (BGS) seismologist Richard Luckett revealed there is a “constant stream” of small earthquakes across many parts of the UK – except Surrey.
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He said: “There's no reason why Surrey should be any different.
"But what's unusual is it is not at all normal for Surrey. There hasn't been a quake there for around 40 years.
"It's been particularly quiet."
Earthquakes in the UK mostly go unnoticed, however, between 200 and 300 earthquakes are recorded by the British Geological Survey in the UK every year.
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