AN EARTHQUAKE struck in the English Channel this morning just kilometres from the Sussex coast, it has been reported.
The 3.0 magnitude quake hit at about 9.05am today, approximately 34 kilometres from Camber and less than 50 kilometres from Eastbourne.
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Earthquake reporting site EMSC-CSEM claimed the earthquake had happened at a depth of 7 kilometres.
They are a rare occurrence in the county, but this is not the first time Sussex has been rocked by an earthquake.
On May 4 2019, an earthquake was picked up by British Geological Survey (BGS) sensors at Gatwick at 1.19am.
Several people in Sussex took to social media to say they had felt the tremor.
One Twitter user from Ifield Wood in Crawley, said: “As if I’m saying I’ve just been woken up by an earthquake again.
"What is happening?”
The BGS said it received dozens of reports from people disturbed by the 2019 quake.
A spokeswoman said that preliminary information indicated a 2.5-magnitude quake centred on Newdigate in Surrey had struck at a depth of 2.3 kilometres.
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