An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 in Dorking and surrounding areas has been confirmed.
Residents in Dorking and Reigate reported a “large impact” before the ground and their homes shook for “2-3 seconds” on Thursday (July 5).
The incident was confirmed by the British Geological Survey (BGS) and stated the earthquake started in Newdigate shortly before 12pm.
A BGS spokesman said: “A number of reports have been received from members of the public in Newdigate , Dorking, Horley and Charlwood , Surrey and from Crawley and Horsham, West Sussex.
“Typical reports describe ‘was outdoors close to a building and you could hear it creak’, ‘felt large impact then 2-3 seconds of shaking’, ‘felt much bigger than the last two recent quakes’, ‘it was like two huge explosions’, ‘my chairs at the table shook and the lights moved’ and ‘the aerial rattled and the ground shook’, indicating an intensity of at least 3 EMS.
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“This event locates in the same region as previous ones that have occurred since April.”
This is now the seventh recorded earthquake since April.
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