Tremors from earthquake in Scotland felt in Northern Ireland 

A quake with a magnitude of 3.1 occurred shortly before 2am. File picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Residents of western Scotland received a bump in the night after an earthquake shook the region in the early hours of Tuesday.

A quake with a magnitude of 3.1 occurred shortly before 2am with its epicentre 11 miles north-west of the town of Lochgilphead, 88 miles north-west of Glasgow, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.