"SEISMIC ALERT: STROUD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE 23:39 UTC 30 JULY 2010 2.7 ML"
BGS have detected an earthquake at 23:39 UTC on 30 July 2010 located approximately 16 km southwest of Stroud, Gloucestershire. One resident from Stroud has reported having felt this event, describing the “rumbling approaching through the bedrock before experiencing the trembling” and “the trembling only lasted a few seconds, then heard the rumbling receding” indicating anintensity of at least 3 EMS.
This is the largest event detected in the region since the magnitude 2.1 ML Lydney earthquake on 20 April 1989
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