Leighton Buzzard gets second earthquake in a week

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image captionThe small town of Leighton Buzzard has experienced two earthquakes within a week

Leighton Buzzard residents have felt a second earthquake within a week.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) said a 2.1-magnitude tremor was felt in the Bedfordshire town at 00:20 BST on Monday.

It comes after a 3.5-magnitude earthquake hit the town on Tuesday.

The BGS tweeted there had been "a small number of reports" from the public with one saying this earthquake "felt slower and less intense".

One Twitter user said: "What is going on??? Just woken by another earthquake in Leighton Buzzard!"

The first earthquake struck just north of Leighton Buzzard.

It was felt in Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable, Bedfordshire, and Milton Keynes and Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.