Bedfordshire town hit by third earthquake in just two weeks

Another earthquake struck the county this morning, hitting 3.0 on the Richter Scale.

It happened at about 8.30am today (September 22) at a depth of 6.2 miles (10km) with some people taking to social media as it happened.

One resident wrote there was a "big thud" like the quake on September 8, while another said: "It shook the house, I thought something had landed on the roof!"

Another said it shook their whole house.

The epicentre of the quake was in Leighton Buzzard and follows on from two others in the town on September 8 and 13.

The British Geological Society (BGS) announced on Twitter at 10.30am: "We're receiving reports about the earthquake, which followed previous events in the same area on 8 & 13 Sept, with magnitudes 3.5 & 2.1. Reports describe 'only lasted a couple of seconds' & 'just felt a single jolt, a bit like being in a car that has done an emergency stop!'"