Three earthquakes struck Scotland in just one night. Residents described feeling like a freight train running through their homes.
Early this morning, the first earthquake of 3.3 magnitude struck Western Scotland, shaking locals awake.
At 1.44am, the epicenter of the quake occurred near Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute. Shaking was also felt in a wide area.
Roybridge, Highlands recorded a 1.6 magnitude earthquake just 58 seconds later.
According to the British Geological Survey it occurred at 7 km depth. The tremor struck at 2.42 am.
BGS confirmed that a third earthquake occurred at 4.09am today, also in Roybridge. It was recorded at magnitude 0.9, and at 7km depth.
Residents of Argyll and Bute reported feeling the earthquake’s first impact and immediately recognising its nature.
Victoria Winters (53), felt an earthquake shake her house ‘like freight trains’ and woke her husband John (73).

The couple lives in an ancient stone farmhouse near Minard in Loch Fyne in Argyll and Yete.
Victoria is a vice-chairwoman of Heart of Argyll’s tourism board and a management consultant.
Her words were: “We were woken up with a slight start. The sound is like a freight locomotive appearing suddenly and then shaking.
“It sounds as if something very large is coming towards you. The sound it makes when it passes through is quite loud because I live in an old, stone-echo house.
It wasn’t my first experience with one, so it made sense to me. It could have been quite frightening if it was something you had never experienced before.
“I feel about four times in the past ten years.” It only lasted for five to six seconds. This was long enough to wake me up.
It came in the room where it was supposed to be. It became louder until the bed began shaking. Then the noise continued and reached the top of the mountain.
Alison Suter (mother-of-two), 59, is located about 50 miles away from Oban. She was also awakened by the earthquake.
Alison works at a jewelry shop and said that she was only half awake.
My bed actually vibrated, but my cat was sleeping at the foot and she dived in behind me.
“It was low-pitched, almost like a truck passing by. There was a deeper growl. In the past three years, we’ve experienced smaller earthquakes.
“There were two that scored 2.2 on Richter, but the one I felt was more violent.”


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Rosemary Neagle lives in Kilmartin Glen, near Lochgilphead. She said that the sound of the shaking was so strong she thought it had been an explosion in her shed.
According to BBC Radio, the “It continued intensifying” and that her house vibrated was what she said. This rumbled for around 10 seconds afterward, which was very frightening.
They have happened before but they never were as intense. The house never shakes like this in the past.
The largest earthquake recorded in Scotland occurred at Loch Awe in 1880 with an magnitude of 5.2.
Every year there are between 200 and 300 earthquakes in Britain. However, most are not noticeable by the general public. The magnitude of 20-30 earthquakes can still be felt in a larger area.
Glacial rebound is the most common explanation for earthquakes that occur in Scotland. Much of northern Britain was once covered in thick layers of ice, which kept the rocks from sinking into the sub-mantle until about 10.500 years ago.
Since the melting of the ice, these rocks have slowly been rising up again. This has led to occasional earthquakes.
UK also faces tectonic stress from Atlantic Ocean expansion, which slowly pushes Eurasia eastward and the northward movement of Africa that is pushing in Europe from the South.
Colchester, England was the epicenter of the worst earthquakes in UK history in 1884. Repairs were required on approximately 1,200 structures, as chimneys fell and walls cracked.