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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Raphael Boyd

‘Radiator rattling’ earthquake hits Lancashire village for second time in two weeks

Aerial view of Silverdale in Lancashire.
Silverdale in Lancashire. The village and its surrounding areas had previously been struck by a 3.3 magnitude earthquake on 3 December. Photograph: Richard McCarthy/PA

A village in Lancashire has been hit by a “radiator rattling” earthquake for the second time in little over two weeks.

Residents of Silverdale, a small coastal village located five miles south of the Cumbria border, reported the now strangely familiar feeling of rattling and shaking in their homes at 5.03am as a 2.5-magnitude earthquake hit the area with its epicentre 1.6 miles (2.6km) off the coast.

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