Everything we know about the Welsh earthquake that was felt across Bath
It was the largest earthquake in mainland UK since 2008
Bronte HowardTrainee news reporter
Marcus Hughes
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit Swansea on Saturday afternoon and was felt across Bath.
Thousands of people from Cornwall to Liverpool reported feeling the tremors to expert bodies, the police and the press.
According to the British Geological Survey the earthquake's epicentre struck 20km north-east of Swansea.
It struck directly below Cwmllynfell in Neath Port Talbot at 2.31pm.
The tremor measuring 4.4 in magnitude hit at a depth of 7.4km according to seismologists, reported Wales Online.
Events of that magnitude only happen in the UK every three to five years.
It is the biggest event in the area since 1906 when a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit.
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Reports of a two-second tremor began flooding onto social media at about 2.30pm on Saturday.
The European-Mediterranean Seismology Centre, based in Paris, said it had received reports that the earthquake was felt in south Wales, south-west England, the West Midlands and the North West.
The organisation collected more than 400 reports of the earthquake in 10 minutes.
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British Geological Survey seismologist Richard Luckett said: "There has been a magnitude 4.4 earthquake in South Wales, about 20 km NNE of Swansea.
"This earthquake has been felt across a large area of Wales and England with the furthest reports so far from Birmingham and Devon.
"This is the largest earthquake in mainland UK since the 5.2 magnitude Market Rasen earthquake in 2008."
The Market Rasen quake was sixteen times bigger than Saturday's event - which registered as far away as the Isle of Wight.
According to the BGS around 3,000 events of this size happen in the world every year.
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit Wales on Saturday afternoon.
The tremor measuring 4.4 in magnitude hit at a depth of 7.4km according to seismologists.
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Map of where the earthquake was felt
"This earthquake has been felt across a large area of Wales and England with the furthest reports so far from Birmingham and Devon. This is the largest earthquake in mainland UK since the 5.2 magnitude Market Rasen earthquake in 2008."
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