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Alahna Kindred & Katie Williams

Scottish homes 'rattled and creaked' by 5.1 earthquake causing beds to shake

People in the North East of Scotland were woken up by their homes 'rattling' after an earthquake hit on Monday morning.

With a magnitude of 5.1, rumbles were felt at 5.23am in Aberdeen and Shetland with an earthquake reported to have happened off the coast of the Norway.

According to The British Geological Survey, people were "lying in bed and heard a low rumbling sound" where there were "three waves of vibration in about three seconds".

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