Christmas tree-shaking mini earthquake recorded
The quake was centred around Edgmond Marsh near Newport
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A small earthquake was recorded by the British Geological Survey (BGS) near Newport, Shropshire, on Saturday.
It happened at 19:53 GMT and had a magnitude of 1.8 on the Richter scale.
The BGS said the epicentre was at Chetwynd Grange, near Edgmond, where instruments recorded the depth of the event at 6km (3.7 miles).
One resident said the quake caused their Christmas tree to shake as well as the cutlery in their kitchen.
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