by Scotland woke up last night shaking homes as a magnitude 3.1 earthquake shook the country.
Anxious residents reported the disturbance on social media shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday.
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The quake’s epicenter was reported near Grenak, Invercloid, with a magnitude of 3.1.
Nearby residents said their homes shook during the quake.
One said: “There’s nothing like an earthquake to shock you. It’s the biggest I’ve ever felt. The whole house shook.”
He added: “I’m in Tarbert Argyll. I’ve never felt so big. Everything in my room shook.”
Another wrote: “The Argyl quake was 7km from Lochgilphead and was widely felt in Argyllshire.”
The US Geological Survey said the quake had a depth of 10 km and a magnitude of 3.1.
It is said to have struck at 1.44am 11 miles northwest of Lochgilphead, where houses shook.
The latest quake in the UK came a month after the quake was felt in North Wales.
People in Snowdonia heard a “thunderclap” on Sunday, confirming a small 1.0 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale.
It was recorded at a depth of 6 km, with the epicenter as “Dolgarrog, 3 km north-northeast of Conway village”.
According to the British Geological Survey, 200 to 300 earthquakes occur in the UK each year.
Earthquakes of magnitude 3 and 3.9 occur on average every three years.
