Scottish village struck by earthquake

A village in Perth and Kinross was hit by an earthquake on Wednesday afternoon.

A small Scottish village has been hit by an earthquake that measured 1.3 on the Richter scale, according to the British Geological Survey (BGS).

Residents in Blackford, in Perth and Kinross, reported feeling a slight tremor at 3.29pm on Wednesday, September 2, as the earthquake struck.

BGS data showed the tremor was caused by tectonic movement 8km below the surface of the earth.

Residents in Blackford, in Perth and Kinross, reported feeling a slight tremor at 3.29pm on Wednesday, September 2, as the earthquake struck.

Blackford sits just south of the Highland boundary fault line, where small earthquakes are not uncommon.

The village, nicknamed Shaky Toun, was hit by a 1.3 magnitude earthquake in 2015, and an even larger one in 2011.

In June, the nearby village of Comrie, which is well-known for earthquakes, was hit by a 2.2 magnitude earthquake.

In 2016 figures revealed that Perth and Kinross was struck by an earthquake roughly every 12 weeks for almost two years.

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