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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/no-damage-following-cumbria-quake.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="There were no reports of injuries or damage after a small earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale shook Cumbria" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-no-damage-following-cumbria-quake.jpg" alt="There were no reports of injuries or damage after a small earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale shook Cumbria"/></a></p>
<p>No injuries or damage have been reported following an earthquake in Cumbria measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale.</p>
<p>Many people were in bed when the tremor struck just before 11pm on Tuesday near Coniston and lasted for up to a minute. Some rushed out from their homes on to the street after the rude awakening.</p>
<p>The police and fire service received a number of calls from bewildered members of the public who were concerned at the late-night incident in which buildings wobbled.</p>
<p>Several listeners contacted radio stations in the county to say they compared the disruption to the sound of a washing machine. One said: &#8220;It was as if the washing machine was spinning with too much in it.&#8221;</p>
<p>The earthquake was felt across the county and as far away as Lancashire, south-west Scotland, Northumberland and the Isle of Man.</p>
<p>Data from the British Geological Survey (BGS) showed the location of the quake at 1.2 miles north, north-west of 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 80-100km away. The earthquake has probably made windows and doors rattle and small objects might have been displaced.&#8221;</p>
<p>A similar earthquake with a magnitude of 3.7 on the Richter scale shook south Cumbria on April 28, 2009.</p>
<p>There were no reports of casualties or damage following last year&#8217;s mid-morning tremor which originated three miles south-east of Ulverston, and which was felt across Cumbria and Lancashire.</p>
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