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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/earthquake-rumbles-through-cumbria.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A small earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale has shaken Cumbria, geologists said" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-earthquake-rumbles-through-cumbria.jpg" alt="A small earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale has shaken Cumbria, geologists said"/></a></p>
<p>Buildings wobbled and the ground rumbled after an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale shook Cumbria and neighbouring counties.</p>
<p>Residents were woken up and sent scurrying outside when the tremor struck just before 11pm in Coniston, lasting for up to a minute.</p>
<p>It was felt in places across the county and as far away as Lancashire, south-west Scotland, Northumberland and the Isle of Man. No damage or injuries have yet been reported.</p>
<p>Peter Kelly, owner of the Yewdale Hotel in Coniston, said: &#8220;We felt the earthquake. It probably lasted about 30 seconds. It was quite noticeable. &#8220;We were just closing up the bar with a few residents in and we just felt like a bang and then a rumbling but we couldn&#8217;t decide what it was.</p>
<p>Hotelier Alan Robertson, who was in his 30-bed hotel in Eskdale, near Whitehaven, described how the entire building shook.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was watching TV and there was this sort of really loud rumble. Then the entire building shook,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I ran out of the front door, only to be confronted by my guests running out of their part of the house. We couldn&#8217;t believe it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Data from the British Geological Survey (BGS) showed the location of the quake at Coniston, with a depth of 8.9 miles. The rumble was also flagged up by the US Geological Survey.</p>
<p>BGS Head of Seismology Dr Brian Baptie said: &#8220;We get an earthquake of this size somewhere in the UK roughly every 12-18 months. Damage is very unlikely.</p>
<p>&#8220;An earthquake of this size and depth might be felt up to 80-100 km away. The earthquake has probably made windows and doors rattle and small objects might have been displaced.&#8221;</p>
<p>Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary said the force also had reports of people feeling a tremor in Dalbeattie.</p>
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