Lancashire hit by second earthquake in two weeks as Brits really feel ‘jolt’ and ‘thunder noise’
A 2.5-magnitude earthquake struck Silverdale in the early hours of December 19, following a bigger 3.3-magnitude quake on December 4
Lancashire has been struck by a second earthquake within a fortnight, sending tremors through local properties. The British Geological Survey (BGS) confirmed that a 2.5-magnitude tremor hit near the coast of Silverdale during the early hours of this morning (December 19).
Residents across the Morecambe Bay region felt the quake, describing “a quick sharp shaking jolt and made a thunder noise” whilst “the radiators and pictures rattled”.
This follows a more powerful 3.3-magnitude earthquake that rocked a similar part of the county earlier this month. The seismic activity occurred three kilometres below ground in Lancashire at 11.23pm on December 4 and was experienced “across the South Lakes and Lancashire, mainly within 20 kilometres of the epicentre, including Lancashire, Kendal and Ulverston”, reports Lancs Live.
In a social media update this morning, BGS stated: “BGS SEISMIC INFORMATION … SILVERDALE, LANCASHIRE 19 DECEMBER 2025 05:03 UTC 2.5 ML The following preliminary information is available for this earthquake: LAT/LON : 54.161° North / 2.852° West GRID REF : 347 kmE / 474 kmN DEPTH : 2.6 km MAGNITUDE : 2.5Ml”.
“Additional Information: Felt around Morecambe Bay area. Reports describe “a quick sharp shaking jolt and made a thunder noise” and “The radiators and pictures rattled”.”
Local residents rushed to social media platforms after experiencing the second earthquake, with one person admitting they “thought I was going mad”. Pamela Lloyd penned: “Anyone else feel another two small earthquakes? One about 5.04 and another about 5.08? Woke me up but everyone else is still.”
Another resident chimed in: “Yep. Wasn’t ‘as’ loud and didn’t shake ‘as’ much but it woke me from been semi asleep … One was strange but two in two weeks.”
Frida Yapp reported: “Yes woke me up by a loud boom and the bedroom window shook came from Silverdale direction I live new barns rd”.
John Aukland noted: “Huge bang. Then a smaller one a couple of minutes later.”
Victoria Sedgwick confirmed: “Another Earthquake, just after 5 am this morning, thought I was going mad. I googled and even Chat GPT.”
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