Earthquake recorded just 12 miles away from outskirts of Greater Manchester

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An earthquake was recorded just 12 miles away from the outskirts of Greater Manchester on Tuesday evening (January 2). The seismic alert for the earthquake marked the location as near Buxton in the Peak District at around 5.30pm.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) recorded a magnitude of 2.5 and said the earthquake was three kilometres deep. Met Office Meteorologist Greg Dewhurst shared the alert on Tuesday night, which located around 2.5km - or around 1.5 miles - from Buxton's centre.

The BGS said it measured 2.5ML, or Richter Local Magnitude. This is defined to be used for 'local' earthquakes up to 600 km away. Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...

just click here to give it a go. In a post on X - formerly Twitter - the British Geological Survey said: "SEISMIC ALERT: BUXTON, DERBYSHIRE 2 JANUARY 2024 17:30 UTC 2.5 ML The following preliminary information is available for this earthquake: LAT/LONG: 53.280° N / 1.942° W GRID REF: 403.965 kmE / 375.893 kmN DEPTH: 3.0 km MAGNITUDE: 2.5 ML LOCALITY: 2.5km north-west of Buxton." One person shared a post to Facebook, writing: "I heard a bang in my kitchen, as if something had fallen, but I couldn’t see what it was.