Sleeping residents shaken awake as 2.3 magnitude EARTHQUAKE strikes Cornwall in the middle of the night
Locals reported hearing rumbling and vibrations lasting for about 30 seconds shortly after 3am near to where scenes from hit BBC One show have been filmed
RESIDENTS in Poldark country were shaken awake last night as an EARTHQUAKE struck while they slept.
The British Geological Survey confirmed a tremor measuring 2.3 magnitude had its epicentre in the middle of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, where scenes from the hit BBC One show, that stars Aiden Turner, have been filmed.
Locals reported hearing rumbling and vibrations lasting for about 30 seconds shortly after 3am.
Sarah Pascoe, of Wadebridge, said: "All I can tell you was there was a rumbling sound like thunder and the ground was shaking for around 30 seconds, I had someone in Launceston and Polpero say they felt it too."
The first quake carried a magnitude of 5.4, but the second one was even stronger, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.
The U.S. Geological survey put the magnitude at 6.0 and said the epicenter was in Visso, where buildings crumbled into the street.
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People screamed in the streets after the second temblor of the night. "It was a very strong earthquake, apocalyptic," Ussita Mayor Marco Rinaldi told the ANSA news agency. "People are screaming on the street and now we are without lights."
Two people were injured in the Visso area, but otherwise there were no other immediate reports of victims, said Italy's civil protection chief, Fabrizio Curcio.
Old churches crumbled and other buildings were damaged, though many of them were in zones that were declared off-limits after the Aug. 24 quake that flattened parts of three towns.
Visso residents wrapped in blankets filled a Red Cross centre, and the town’s mayor said getting people water and something warm to eat or drink was the priority.
Authorities set up makeshift dorms at the centre and at a nearby gym.
The largest recorded quake in the UK in the past 25 years was one of 5.2 magnitude in 2008 which had its epicentre in Lincolnshire.
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