TWO earthquakes have hit a quiet Scots village just days apart.
The tremors were recorded near the Stirlingshire village of Kippen.
The first quake, measuring a 1.3 magnitude, hit on Tuesday, February 18 at 8.12pm, close to the A811.
It was recorded by the British Geological Survey (BGS) Seismology Team at a depth of around 3km.
Locals did not report any damage to property or tremors.
A second, slightly smaller quake with a 1.2 magnitude struck just three days later at 9.57pm on Friday, February 21, in almost the same spot and at the same depth.
It’s not known whether villagers felt the tremors from the latest quake.
Quakes can come in clusters.
An earthquake swarm is a sequence of seismic events occurring in a local area within a relatively short period of time.
It comes as three earthquakes rocked another Scots region – with some locals comparing the tremors to a bomb blast.
They were all centred in Glen Lonan, about two miles from Oban, but the first was even felt many miles away on the Isle of Mull.
On social media, residents reported feeling the ground shake, with one describing it as “a rocket launch.”
Others said their walls were “shaking”.
The tremor only lasted for a short while, by some accounts less than 10 seconds.
