Cornwall hit by earthquake leaving ‘houses shaking’ with locals woken up by ‘rumbles’

CORNWALL has been hit by an earthquake with residents woken up by "rumbles" reporting that their houses were left "shaking".

The earthquake happened around 9.3km south of Redruth at 6.31am this morning and was confirmed by VolcanoDiscovery.

Although its magnitude is said to be "unknown", the depth of the earthquake was 10km.

It is reported the earthquake was felt as far as Mabe and Porthleven.

Some residents said on social media they heard a noise that sounded like a "large vehicle".

One resident said: "I heard a rumble and thought it was thunder."

While a second added: "I am more than 10 miles from Helston and definitely heard a rumble and felt a shake."

Another commented: "It sounded like a great big truck was coming towards the house (even though we don't live by a road) and it got louder then the house shook and it went away."

"I heard something but live along Clodgey Lane and just assumed it was a large vehicle," agreed a fourth.

Another local also compared the quake to a "large vehicle going past my house".

The last recorded earthquake in Cornwall was at the end of October 2022.

That earth tremor happened at around 6.42pm in Penpol, near Truro, on Tuesday, October 25, and had a magnitude of 0.5.