'Explosion' fears actually earthquakes

Comrie residents felt tremors

- CHRIS MARZELLA

Residents in the village of Comrie were left fearing a "big explosion" had taken place after three earthquakes there last week.

Villagers in the small historic conservation village said that the tremor left houses vibrating after what “felt like a quarry blast”.

The earthquake occurred shortly before 4am on Friday, June 13, and was recorded by the British Geological Survey (BGS) Seismology Team - the UK’s national earthquake monitoring agency.

The shake measured in a 1.0 on the Richter scale - a minor tremble - but nearby villagers reported feeling it.

The tremor was measured at a depth of around 2km and occurred just north of the A85, just a short distance east of Loch Earn, beneath the Sgorr Racaineach hillside.

The BGS said that the earthquake was felt by several people in Comrie.