UK Earthquake !!!!!!

[Nattie]

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Did the earth move for you as well?!!

[Delta]

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I didn't feel it, but the dog was going bananas at 1am, not something he usually does, was barking and growling and running round not knowing what he was barking and growling at!

Just told him to go back to sleep and then I was out of it again! Woke up to the news of it, and I guess it was that which upset the dog.

[TUTTSI]

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Nothing felt here in London - or at least I never heard anything.
Dsxx

[enaid]

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Well just checked with OH cause I didn't feel anything.
He said " I did but I thought it was you breaking wind" or words to that effect

[scottishlass]

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wow I would have been terrified

Thank goodness I stay way up here

[Legal Beagles]

Homes rocked as biggest earthquake in 25 years shakes Britain

England has been rocked by the biggest earthquake to hit the country in 25 years. The quake, measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale, hit at 1am this morning and the tremors were strong enough to wake even deep sleepers

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[Delta]

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Well when the other half surfaces in a couple of hours I will ask if he felt it, as he was working last night. Not had much of a chance to talk to him, apart from him having to phone me at 6.15 to let him in the house (son had put the bolt on the front door last night!). I just sort of stumbled out of bed, let him in, said hello and stumbled back into bed, I am vaguely aware of him following me up the stairs, but that's about it.... I was back out it!

[Mochamoos]

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I felt it , thought my house was falling down:tinysmile_cry_t:

[Solowka]

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twas about 12:58 something in Warrington, cheshire. no damage, nothing fell over or off.

[theGobbyOne]

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I felt it in Lancashire..........Was pretty scary..........I got up and checked on kids it sounded like someone trying to kick my door in.....................Mind you was first time a long while that the earth moved in my bedroom:tinysmile_tongue_t:

[Amethyst]

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Earthquake felt across much of UK

The earthquake caused damage to homes in South Yorkshire

The biggest earthquake in the UK for nearly 25 years has shaken homes across large parts of the country. People in Newcastle, Yorkshire, London, Cumbria, the Midlands, Norfolk and also parts of Wales, felt the tremor just before 0100 GMT.
A man suffered a broken pelvis when a chimney collapsed in South Yorkshire.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the epicentre of the 5.3 magnitude quake was near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire.
The tremor was felt in north, mid and south Wales although staff at North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said they felt the earthquake but were not called to any related incidents.
Bev Finnegan, who lives in Market Rasen, said: "I was terrified to be honest. The noise was really, really terrifying... it was so deep and rumbling.
"It felt like the roof was going to fall in. There were people coming out in their dressing gowns wondering what it was. It was quite an experience."
A Lincolnshire police spokeswoman said the force had received dozens of calls from residents but there were no reports of anyone in the county being injured.
"There is slight structural damage, cracks and a couple of chimneys damaged. There's nothing serious at present," she said.
"Mostly people were distressed by it so there were a large quantity of calls coming in."



Moment quake hit


Speaking from Gainsborough, Mike Thomas, chief fire officer for Lincolnshire, said crews had been called out to 50 incidents and one fire as a result of the quake.
And Justin Cowell, in Gainsborough, told BBC News that it "started as a massive shake".
"People had come out into the street. It seemed the whole town had woken up."
Tom Edwards, from Heckington, Lincolnshire, said he heard a noise like "an underground train and an enormous roar".
"I thought I was probably going to get killed."
Dr Brian Baptie, of the BGS, said: "An earthquake of this size, of magnitude five or thereabouts, will occur roughly every 10 to 20 years in the UK.
David was covered in soot when he left in the ambulance


Paul Bates
Wombwell



Man pinned under masonry


"So we can get these kind of moderate to significant earthquakes of this size but they're relatively rare."
The BGS recorded an aftershock with a magnitude of 1.8 at about 0400 GMT.
The main 10-second quake, which struck at 0056 GMT at a depth of 15.4km (9.6 miles), was the biggest recorded example since one with a magnitude of 5.4 struck north Wales in 1984.
Thousands of people from across England contacted the BBC to described how their homes shook during the tremor.



How earthquakes happen


Jemma Harrison, 22, in Bury, Greater Manchester, said: "It was really bad. I was fast asleep and woke up and the room was shaking and there was a loud bang and alarms were going off."
Natasha Cavey, in Tipton in the West Midlands, said: "All my cupboard doors flew open and the whole house shook, it was unreal. I can't believe it."
David in Alrewas in Staffordshire said: "The birds were flying around like it was daylight.
"It was quite severe. I experienced the Dudley one and this was more severe.
"I went outside to see if the roof had collapsed. I could see the furniture in the room moving, it was like it was on a jelly mould."
'Roof coming in'
Dr Baptie said: "The largest earthquake that we know about that has struck the UK was about 100km off the east coast of England on the Dogger Bank and it had a magnitude of 6.1.
David Somerset, 41, from Driffield near Beverley in East Yorkshire, said: "I have never felt one as strong as that one before. I was in my sitting room and the grandfather clock was rattling rather violently.
PREVIOUS QUAKES IN THE UK
April 2007 - Folkestone, Kent (magnitude 4.3)
December 2006 - Dumfries and Galloway (3.5)
September 2002 - Dudley, West Midlands (5.0)
October 2001 - Melton Mowbray (4.1)
September 2000 - Warwick (4.2)
April 1990 - Bishop's Castle, Shropshire (5.1)
July 1984 - Nefyn, north Wales (5.4)
June 1931 - in North Sea near Great Yarmouth (6.1)


Philip Norton, a BBC reporter for Look North in Hull, said: "Everything started wobbling.
"The windows were rattling and the blinds were visibly moving. It sounded like the roof was coming in."
BBC reporter Lynn Crombie in Norwich said she was "absolutely terrified" and thought somebody "had driven into the side of the house".
"Then I thought somebody must have kicked the door in and everything continued to rattle inside the house," she said.
Jamil Ali in Sheffield said: "I woke up and the first thing I thought was that there were a load of burglars in the house.
"The kids were screaming and so was my wife. It was that violent you actually moved yourself."
The West Midlands was hit by an earthquake in 2002 in the Dudley area that reached a magnitude of 5.0 and one measuring 4.3 hit Folkestone in Kent last year.

[WendyB]

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Never heard a thing. I sleep like the dead.

When we were in Corfu last year there was a 5.3 earthquake, the epicentre was the bottom end of Corfu, we were at the top end. It was pretty scary, the whole apartment was rocking from side to side, and the kids said the swimming pool sloshed everywhere. Fortunately I managed to keep a firm hold on my glass and didn't spill any wine!!

[enaid]

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Wendy

[Amy]

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Never heard a thing. I sleep like the dead.

When we were in Corfu last year there was a 5.3 earthquake, the epicentre was the bottom end of Corfu, we were at the top end. It was pretty scary, the whole apartment was rocking from side to side, and the kids said the swimming pool sloshed everywhere. Fortunately I managed to keep a firm hold on my glass and didn't spill any wine!!

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[Tools]

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My God woman are you my twin?

No she is..............