AN arson attack on a car prompted fears of an earthquake in Bradley.

Several people contacted the Examiner with one woman saying a "huge shake" almost knocked her off her feet at about 11pm on Friday night.

"I waited 10 minutes to check everything was all right and then contacted the police. They said I was the second person to ring from Bradley," she said.

But it is believed she felt the force of a firework attack on a car in the area.

The VW Passat car, which was parked in Sherwood Avenue, was destroyed by the fire.

It is believed to have been started by a large display type firework being placed underneath.

A police spokeswoman said they were investigating the blaze which was attended by Huddersfield firefighters.

A spokesman from the seismology department at the British Geological Survey offices in Edinburgh said it had no recordings of an earthquake in the Huddersfield area on Friday night.