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Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom) (1 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Lasted a couple of seconds as if something bursted below the building. The whole building was shaken for a few seconds.

Witness location : Wednesbury (United Kingdom) (1 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 58 min

Very loud rumble noise

Witness location : Sandwell (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (1 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Loud grumble like a passing lorry. Window vibrated. Very quick. Only thought more of it when friends five minutes away asked if we heard something

Witness location : Wednesbury (United Kingdom) (2 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 48 min

I heard the noise outside but didn't feel it as much as others , headache when I sat up though

Witness location : Wednesbury (United Kingdom) (3 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

House shook due 2-5 seconds and a low but loud rumble

Witness location : Sandwell (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (3 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Rumble

Witness location : Sandwell (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (4 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

A lot of vibrations table shook

Witness location : Sandwell (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (4 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Mad ting!

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (4 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Slight rumble, about 15 seconds long, felt across the region

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (4 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Heard and felt shaking

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (4 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 40 min

Shaking and rumbling

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (4 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Heard sound like rubble falling a few doors away. Friends a few miles away heard it too

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (4 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 40 min

I was in the living room, other family members in other parts of the house. We all heard a noise and experienced a slight vibration. My brother guessed it was a slight earthquake.

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (5 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Daughter and I Heard a bang- like an explosion, and wondered to ourselves if we could feel it too. We weren’t even sure if it was something falling over upstairs or an explosion far away.

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (5 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

Everything rattled and it felt like a deep rumble for a few seconds. It was very brief, but I could definitely feel a tremor.

Witness location : Sandwell (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (5 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Sitting watching TV and the house shook and heard a bit of a rumble.

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom) (5 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Aldridge Walsall lasted around 5-10 seconds but it was a really strong shake though the building was cracking

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom) (5 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Slight tremor lasted about 2 seconds

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom) (5 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Kilkusekundowe trzęsienie w Walsall

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (6 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 98 min

A loud bang and a thump from the ground. Short and sharp

Witness location : Wednesbury (United Kingdom) (6 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 42 min

Staying in caravan and it shook

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (6 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 419 min

Felt and heard rumbling and the mirrors were shaking.

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (6 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Felt a vibration run through the bed and heard a low rumble

Witness location : Tipton (United Kingdom) (6 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Tipton

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (6 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 57 min

rumbling and a bump against the house

Witness location : Tipton (United Kingdom) (6 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Slight rumbling only for a few seconds

Witness location : Bloxwich (United Kingdom) (7 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 46 min

Felt the whole house tremble, very short and quick

Witness location : Tipton (United Kingdom) (7 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 48 min

It felt like a heavy good vehicle that was racing past the house

Witness location : Walsall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (7 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 91 min

Heard a rumble, like a big lorry passing.

Witness location : Pelsall (United Kingdom) (7 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Scary... Few seconds... Loud

Witness location : Wolverhampton (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (8 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

Slight movement of sofa and rumbling noise

Witness location : Dudley (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (8 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 110 min

House shook and made a strange sound for a couple seconds. Coseley, dudley.

Witness location : Pelsall (United Kingdom) (8 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 52 min

Felt my floors shake thought the children had fell out of bed.

Witness location : Pelsall (United Kingdom) (8 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

The earth below felt like it literally shoved forward a few cm's and then stopped. Suspected next door at first. The sofa reverberated!

Witness location : Dudley (United Kingdom) (9 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

I was laying in bed and the house jolted. Sounded like a big bang like someone had smashed something into the house from outside. Lasted about 2 seconds.

Witness location : Pelsall (United Kingdom) (9 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Tremor felt in Pelsall WS3

Witness location : Brownhills (United Kingdom) (9 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

Felt like a lorry rumbling past house or plane flying low, a gentle shudder

Witness location : Birmingham (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (9 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 502 min

Loud Rumble no shake

Witness location : Birmingham (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (9 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Small, 1-2 second rumble. Things fixed to the wall shook. Could hear the rumbling sound and feel it too.

Witness location : Birmingham (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (9 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

A quick rumble for 1 second.

Witness location : Sandwell (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (9 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Loud noise and a tremor.

Witness location : Smethwick (United Kingdom) (9 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Was upstairs, whole house shook vertically twice

Witness location : Brownhills (United Kingdom) (9 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

Wardrobe doors shook

Witness location : Bloxwich (United Kingdom) (9 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 71 min

Sounded like a sonic boom. Didnt feel anything shake. Thought it was an explosion nearby

Witness location : Rowley Regis (United Kingdom) (9 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 69 min

Bizarre. It sounded like someone was moving about a bit of furniture. I definitely felt a very slight rumble and heard it too.

Witness location : Dudley (United Kingdom) (9 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

Heard and felt a loud "rumbling" noise, thought I had imagined it!

Witness location : Washwood Heath (United Kingdom) (9 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Very short but strong shaking

Witness location : Dudley (United Kingdom) (9 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Felt house shake

Witness location : Birmingham (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (10 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 481 min

Shake and rumble

Witness location : Birmingham (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (10 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

Just heard a rumbling noise and instantly thought it was earthquake. Didn't see anything shaking

Witness location : Dudley (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (10 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Thought my daughter had fallen out of bed. Checked all of house including downstairs for any signs of anything. Was not aware it was an earthquake at the time.

Witness location : Castle Vale (United Kingdom) (10 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Room moved and fixtures rattled

Witness location : Wednesfield (United Kingdom) (11 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Wolverhampton. Small earthquake

Witness location : Sutton Coldfield (United Kingdom) (11 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Minor movement, small rumble for 2 seconds

Witness location : Wolverhampton (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

Felt like someone punched me in the back from settee

Witness location : Wolverhampton (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Felt upstairs, now it's all over facebook, including willenhall which is 3 miles away

Witness location : Wolverhampton (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Mild rumble/boom and noise and hearing bits house click/crack feeling in lower back

Witness location : Birmingham (United Kingdom) (12 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Big shake in Birmingham UK

Witness location : Birmingham (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (12 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 158 min

I didn't realise until someone mentioned on Instagram. I even had to good to make sure it was true. I personally had no idea.

Witness location : Cradley Heath (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (12 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Loud bang on doors and creaking noise

Witness location : Washwood Heath (United Kingdom) (12 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 47 min

realised like 2 mins after that it was an earthquake..it was a shake

Witness location : Dudley (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (12 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

2.3 magnitude

Witness location : Bartley Green (United Kingdom) (13 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 50 min

Very light shaking

Witness location : Featherstone (United Kingdom) (14 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 74 min

Sounded like someone had slammed a door or something heavy had dropped off a shelf.In the video you can hear the noise of the the tremor approaching (about 10.59pm 20 seconds) and the sound, I think of the click of the railway tracks by my house as it happens (at 10.59pm 27 seconds and again at 35 seconds)

Witness location : Kingswinford (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (14 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2770 min

I was really dizzy, had to grab the walls, radiators and what ever else, however, my dizziness (severe) happened well before the actual time showing of the EQ... and it happened again yesterday as if the bell is still ringing,even though it was "small". *YES* I am sensitive and clearly this has affected me

Witness location : Wolverhampton (United Kingdom) (14 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 53 min

I was in bed, the bed shook and it felt as though the bedroom floor was going to collapse for a few seconds.

Witness location : Birmingham (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (15 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

Proper scared the crap. Out of me. Quite harsh and loud

Witness location : Birmingham (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (15 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5684 min

I felt it in bed

Witness location : Chelmsley Wood (United Kingdom) (15 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Nothing felt in Lea Hall

Witness location : Kingswinford (United Kingdom) (15 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 56 min

Heard a rumble but didn't feel a vibration. Thought it was the kids upstairs being noisy. Dog didn't notice. DY6

Witness location : Bartley Green (United Kingdom) (16 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Bed shook felt like someone drove into the side of the house downstairs

Witness location : Burntwood (United Kingdom) (16 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 53 min

Bed started shaking, knew it was an earthquake immediately!

Witness location : Lichfield (United Kingdom) (16 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Very short jolt, almost sonic boom-like.

Witness location : Stourbridge (United Kingdom) (16 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

One bang to house

Witness location : South Staffordshire (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (17 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 99 min

felt like the ground lurched to one side, I didn’t hear a noise, lasted one second

Witness location : South Staffordshire (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (17 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 244 min

another one!

Witness location : Stourbridge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (17 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1223 min

Just heard low rumblings at about 11pm gmt stourbridge west Midlands

Witness location : Hopwood (United Kingdom) (18 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

Very subtle but knew something was going on, woke the dog up from deep sleep.

Witness location : Lichfield (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (18 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 463 min

Slight wobbling for a second and noise like a door banging, thought it was my son going to bed in a mood lol

Witness location : Solihull (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (20 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 78 min

Nothing felt in Solihull

Witness location : Kidderminster (United Kingdom) (25 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Not really noticeable. My light swung a little.

Witness location : Breedon on the Hill (United Kingdom) (46 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 71 min

coalville 1.10pm today

Witness location : Rushcliffe (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (71 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2499 min

Lightly shaken in bad that night, something I never thought I would feel in the UK. A M3.0+ earthquake...

Witness location : Rainhill (United Kingdom) (111 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Didn't feel it in North West England.