Aylesbury earthquake 'a rare event' for the UK
We spoke to the British Geological Survey about the Buckinghamshire quake.
The earthquake which hit parts of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire this morning has been described as a rare event.
A 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit the area at around 9.45am, with many reporting homes and furniture shaking.
We spoke to the British Geological Survey about whether this is a common event.
David Gallaway is a seismologist at the BGS:
"Earthquakes of this size, which was around 3.3, we only record about two a year of this size.
"So for the UK, it is quite significant."
David said that even though this seemed rather small, there are hundreds of other quakes each year which go completely unnoticed.
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David told us the last time this area saw anything like this was over 200 years ago.
He added:
"The last one within 50km was back in the 18th century and within 100km in 2002."
Comparisons have been made to the Buncefield explosion in 2005.
David said the Survey have had reports from as far as 20km from epicentre of the quake.