Officials confirm cause of Yorkshire ‘earthquake’ after ‘shake and rumble of homes’

The cause of a possible ‘earthquake’ on the East Yorkshire border was revealed on Wednesday.

North Yorkshire residents described their homes shaking alongside side rumbling sounds with fears that the area had been hit by an earthquake of some sort.

At the time, Volcana Discovery reported an “unconfirmed” earthquake or “seismic-like event” in North Yorkshire, 32 kilometers northeast of York.

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“We are receiving unverified early reports of ground shaking that may have been caused by seismic activity in or near York (England), England, UK on November 17, 2021 (GMT) at approximately 3.48pm,” she said.

No details were available yet on the size or depth of this potential earthquake. If confirmed, we can expect more accurate data to appear in the next few minutes.”

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Meanwhile, a woman posted on Twitter just after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday to say she felt her entire house was “shaking.”

“I felt like the whole house was shaking and rattling for about half an hour!” She said. “Looks like it was a small earthquake in York an hour away!”

While a man tweeted: “An earthquake has occurred near York!”

BGSseismology, which provides “news from the British Geological Survey’s seismology team”, said it believed the event was likely a sonic boom rather than an earthquake.

The earthquake reported near York (Photo: Vulcana Discovery)

“I’ve had quite a few subliminal reports from North Yorkshire, and you can see something in our stations in the area. We think this is a sound blast from an aircraft, not an earthquake,” she said.

The British Geological Survey supported this theory.

She tweeted: “Data from the region’s seismic BGS networks were examined and signals consistent with a possible acoustic origin were recorded between 15.47.42 seconds and 15.49.23 seconds UTC at several stations, on the BGS seismic network, in North Yorkshire.

Reports included: ‘house shaking and creaking squeaks’, ‘low rumbles ending in a stroke’, ‘windows shaking’, and ‘feeling the ground trembling’.

“Reports received are also consistent with historical observations of past events of audio origin.”

The Independent has now reported that the cause has been confirmed as a sonic boom from a Swiss fighter jet.

The Swiss Air Force has confirmed that one of its F-18 Hornet aircraft was behind a shockwave that was felt over a wide area at 3.50pm on Wednesday.

Swiss Air Force FA-18 Hornet (Photo: geograph.org.uk)

Officials said the plane was participating in a “routine practical training” and apologized for any inconvenience.

A detachment of the Swiss Air Force is currently conducting training missions at RAF Lyming in North Yorkshire.

The flight took place over the North Sea and the sound was heard in parts of North Yorkshire and East Cleveland. There have been reports from Redcar, Malton and Whitby.

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A spokeswoman told The Independent that sonic booms from planes at sea are not usually heard on land, but “climatic conditions and winds” may have been behind the unusual range.

Sound booms are caused by shock waves from objects that travel through the air faster than the speed of sound.

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