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Earthquake halts Welsh soccer league game

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Pitch invaders and the weather are common causes of soccer matches being held up but in the Welsh second-tier league it was an earthquake.

Experts said the quake - which shook parts of the UK on Saturday - was the biggest for a decade.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the epicentre was 20km north of Swansea, with a 4.4 magnitude at a depth of 7.4km.

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Port Talbot is 10 miles from Swansea and the tremors were felt as the town's soccer team played Taff's Well.

Play had to be stopped, with the club's Twitter account reporting: "Temporary stop in play. A recorded earthquake in the area. Incredible."

Port Talbot went on to win 2-1, before enjoying comments from their fans, which included "shaken not stirred" and "were your opponents quaking in their boots?"

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