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UK Earthquake shakes whole houses - and knocks parrot off perch

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An earthquake shook parts of the UK just before midnight this morning (Saturday, February 25).The quake's epicentre was reportedly three miles (4.9km) north west of Merthyr Tydfil in Walases, at a depth of around 2,000 metres — which is considered by seismologists to be a "very shallow".

However, people from neighbouring counties in England reported feeling the tremor, including from Dudley and Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, reports Wales Online.On social media, people reported furniture moving and houses and homes shaking and creaking.

Others reported being woken by the rumbles.Kath Cartwright in Newbridge said on Facebook: "The bedroom wall was shaking… I had the light on so saw it plain as day.

The whole house shook! A scary moment! Frightened the life out of me."Meanwhile, in Fochriw, Ann Keating reported that her parrot fell off its perch.

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