Did you feel the Scarborough earthquake?

An earthquake struck in the North Sea off the coast of Scarborough, last night.

The British Geological Survey is yet to confirm reports but the organisation's monitoring devices near Whitby show a spike in seismic activity last night at 6.25pm.

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The quake is believed to have had a magnitude 3.9 on the Richter scale and took place about 100 miles away from the coast.

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