Earthquake shakes Yorkshire Dales village

Residents of a North Yorkshire colony were shaken by an earthquake overnight.

A 2.5-magnitude quake was recorded conscionable aft 01:30 BST adjacent Litton successful the Yorkshire Dales.

The tremor, south-west of the village, had a extent of 4km (2.5 miles), according to the British Geological Survey (BGS).

The past earthquake recorded successful North Yorkshire was astatine Kilnsey successful Wharfedale connected 18 March, which was a magnitude of two.

On Tuesday, the BGS recorded a 1.2-magnitude earthquake successful Cardiff.

Earthquakes beneath 2.5 tin sometimes lone beryllium picked up with monitoring instrumentality but the Dales lawsuit was reportedly felt by a fig of radical successful the colony and surrounding area.