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Lancashire village hit by earthquake as houses shaken and 'loud boom' heard

The Mirror UK News · 21 September 2026 at 14:37

Lancashire village hit by earthquake as houses shaken and 'loud boom' heard

The tremor was recorded near Silverdale, Lancashire, at 8.38am today, with a magnitude of 2.7 on the Richter scale, with residents describing a 'loud boom'

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Lancashire village hit by earthquake as houses shaken and 'loud boom' heard

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