A 3.1-magnitude earthquake shook the homes of local residents due to the earthquakes that hit the West Coast

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Homes were left in a state of shaking after a 3.1-magnitude earthquake shook Scotland in the early hours of this morning.

Locals were stunned by the tremors shortly after 2 am.

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The earthquake occurred overnight

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The earthquake was said to have been felt in parts of Scotland

They took to social media to report that their homes were shaken by the unrest.

The epicenter is believed to be Lochgilphead, Argyll, and is believed to have been a magnitude of 3.1 on the Richter scale.

Residents nearby said their homes shook during the quake.

Someone said, “Nothing shakes you like an earthquake. This is the biggest earthquake I’ve ever felt. The whole house shook.”

They added, “I’m on Tarbert Argyle. I’ve never felt one this big, everything in my room shook.”

Another person wrote: “The Argyll earthquake was about 7 km from Lochgilphead and was felt widely across Argyllshire.”

The noise awakened one of the bombers.

They said, “I thought she looked like a Celtic goddess dragging her box with her bike down the track.”

The US Geological Survey said the quake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km and had a magnitude of 3.1.

He is said to have struck at 1.44 a.m. 11 miles northwest of Lochgilphead, as homes shook.

The latest earthquake in the UK comes a month after the one that was felt in North Wales.

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People in Snowdonia heard a “strong banging sound” on Sunday, confirmed to be a small earthquake of 1.0 on the Richter scale.

It was recorded at a depth of 6 km with the epicenter as “3 km north-northeast of Dolgarog village, Konoy”.

According to the British Geological Survey, between 200 and 300 earthquakes are detected each year in the UK.

Earthquakes that occur on the mainland with a magnitude of between 3 and 3.9 occur on average every three years.

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A 3.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Scotland last night

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The earthquake was close to Greenock

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