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This is the moment a 4.4-magnitude earthquake shook buildings across western parts of Britain.

Terrified Britons told of violent shaking, objects falling off shelves or walls, and furniture moving when the UK's strongest quake in a decade struck just after 2.30pm near Swansea in South Wales .

A clip captured by Craig Lewis, digital storyteller for Tenovus Cancer Care, has now shown the moment the quake struck.

As cancer survivor Kevin Bennett talks to camera a lamp just next to him rocks back and forward.

A speaker on a shelving unit can then be seen shaking behind him - but he doesn't seem too fazed and happily keeps on with his piece.

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(Image: Craig Lewis, storyteller at Tenovus Cancer Care) (Image: Craig Lewis, storyteller at Tenovus Cancer Care)

The earthquake was felt by as many as 10 million Brits as far away as 200 miles from the epicentre in Cwmllynfell, and it was the strongest in South Wales in more than 100 years.

Several buildings in Bristol were damaged, Swansea University was evacuated and people ran into the streets in fear, as the tremor was compared to everything from a "massive explosion" to a car crash.

Craig, whose role involves telling the stories of the charity's supporters and those who they help through cancer diagnosis and treatment, told the Liverpool Echo how they felt two "waves" when the tremor struck.

He said: "I had spent today filming with our volunteer of the year, Kevin.

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A cancer survivor himself, he has spent the last couple of years raising thousands of pounds through sponsored runs and spreads awareness of the services we provide wherever he goes.

"Having run in the London Marathon last year, tomorrow, he will be taking on the Llanelli half.

"We were filming at Kevin's home at the time of the earthquake - there were two waves, a smaller one followed by the larger one, which you can see in the clip.

"It had enough energy to move a few ornaments on shelves and bookcases but not to cause significant damage."

Craig's charity supports cancer patients and their families and funds cancer research - in the home of.

The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) confirmed there was a "moderate" earthquake in the UK, putting the magnitude at 4.7, with the British Geological Survey recording it at 4.4.

The EMSC said they had 4,000 reports about the quake and urged people not to contact the emergency services for information and to only get in touch with a genuine emergency.

Earthquakes like this aren't common in the UK, with the British Geological Survey saying such seismic events only happen every three to five years.

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The British Geological Survey's website was overwhelmed by traffic following the event.

It wrote on Twitter: "We are in the process of analysing data for the felt report of a tremor in the SW of England. As soon as we know more we’ll let you know."

It was the strongest earthquake to be felt in Britain in some time.

The largest known quake ever recorded was in the North Sea, near the Dogger Bank, in 1931.

The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was 60 miles offshore, but still caused minor damage to England's east coast.

The most damaging earthquake was in the Colchester area in 1884. About 1,200 buildings needed repairs, chimneys collapsed and walls were cracked, the British Geological Survey said.