Leighton Buzzard earthquake: 3.3 magnitude tremors 'shake houses'

People have reported houses shaking after a 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck southern England.

The British Geological Survey's (BGS) tracker shows a quake measuring 3.3 on the Richter Scale rumbled beneath Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.

The epicentre was 3.3km away from the town at a depth of 10km.

After the tremors at around 9.45am on Tuesday, many took to social media to report feeling shaking as far as Milton Keynes and High Wycombe.

Twitter user Dave wrote: "The whole house just shook. Anyone know what just happened in Leighton Buzzard?"

Mark Randall tweeted: "Wow! Just felt a huge shockwave through my house and the walls shook. I’m in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire."

User Holly Norton added: "Yikes! We just had an earthquake here...R thought it was one of the girls shaking herself in the hallway, and I thought he'd fallen down the stairs. We were both wrong."

A spokesman for Bucks and Milton Keynes Fire service said it had received "three 999 calls reporting minor earthquake at about 9.45am".

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a 3.9 magnitude quake 20km west of Luton, but the BGS confirmed it measured 3.3 magnitude.

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