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27-02-2008, 12:07 AM
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Did any one just feel a tremor or am I cracking up 
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27-02-2008, 12:11 AM
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yeah felt like a 3 on the richtor at my end... minor wobbling of the building... probably an old mineshaft collapsing somewhere... im in redditch, south of birmingham... where are you? lets try and pin the epicenter before it gets onto BBC news... just to see how good we are
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27-02-2008, 12:14 AM
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sorry was looking on tv, my sons mates all over the place and they all felt it, seems wide spread. I am near Blackpool |
27-02-2008, 12:14 AM
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Oooh how exciting but i didnt feel anything way down south in Kent?
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27-02-2008, 12:16 AM
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probably somewhere in between blackpoole and birmingham... closer to blackpool if you couldnt feel it in kent....
maybe a yorkshire mining shaft is the most likely then... it happens more often than you think
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27-02-2008, 12:21 AM
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thes3raph1m People on tv are saying how loud it was, I do not think we heard anything. Surely its not a mining shaft...its very widespread. |
27-02-2008, 12:22 AM
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1 am here in stoke the dogs jumped up the windows rattled and my husband said the bed shook helicopter over head at the moment not sure if its becauce off the tremors .
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27-02-2008, 12:24 AM
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A chap on sky news who has called in actually recorded the sound , it should be on soon , that should be interesting.
Now I ;ll never get back to sleep.
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27-02-2008, 12:25 AM
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I'm in Lincolnshire and was woken by feeling the whole house shaking. |
27-02-2008, 12:34 AM
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am on lincs cambs norfolk border and it was quite strong here.
Another post on another thread indicates it was felt in spain.. dont know where in spain
Pretty strong to be that widly felt.
My house actually bounced under my feet.. my poor dogs were terrified.
Jaki
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27-02-2008, 12:34 AM
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Just watched a report on BBC News 24 that said epicentre was Hull and it measured 4.8 on Richter Scale.
No wonder I felt it where I am in Lincs! |
27-02-2008, 12:40 AM
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Off to turn telly on!
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27-02-2008, 12:41 AM
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they are saying the centre off it was 15 miles north off lincon 4.7 on the scale
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27-02-2008, 12:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by barquar  they are saying the centre off it was 15 miles north off lincon 4.7 on the scale
Barquar | It was close to where I am then!
Edit: 15 miles NE of Lincoln... so even closer to me.
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27-02-2008, 03:16 AM
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I'm in Nottingham, struck here around 1.00 am or just before.
Floor bounced a bit (I'm upstairs)about 3 seconds then the computer table shook sideways for about a 1-2 seconds maybe more, no damage though.
Strange thing...not 1 car alarm went off, usually you sneeze and they go off and no dogs were barking (my neighbours dogs bark at everything! (much to my annoyance))
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27-02-2008, 06:10 AM
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My son has texted and said that he felt it in Manchester.
Nothing down here in deepest darkest Kent- mind you I would have been zonked out at the time.
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27-02-2008, 06:29 AM
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Felt it here, never felt one before apparently it was 5.2, very strong for Britain. |
27-02-2008, 06:31 AM
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They are now saying it was a 5:2, and the epicentre was Ludford near Market Rasen, I 've never heard such a horrible noise, it was just before 1 o'clock and we thought a plane was comming down, there was such a roaring noise bit like a train, the bed was shaking then the roar stopped and the house continued shaking, doors rattling, roof creaking etc, I collect old horse harness and have some Terrets (head harness} on stands and all the bells were ringing, it went on for about 20-30 seconds. We thought as I said a plane was coming down, then it was a hurricane or tornado then wondered if there had been an explosion somewhere like at nearby RAF Coningsby although I had been watching New Most Haunted before going to bed and thought I had been possessed 
Apparantley the only people to die in a British earthquake were in Lincolnshire in the 11th centuary when part of the cathedral collapsed, we get them here from time to time but this was by far the worst I've experienced |
27-02-2008, 06:59 AM
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I was just at the point where your drifting off when a noise woke me up, which sounded like my poster fallin down. Then I heard another noise and the bed started shaking! I was terrified and being half asleep had thoughts that the bed was being shaken by an intruder and even a ghost!!!!! 
But then being me, despite being terrified and still to scraed to open my eyes, I still managed to drift off and forget about ti until i turned on the TV and the presentsers on breakfast sid "we seem to be the only ones who felt it" and I knew what had happened |
27-02-2008, 07:19 AM
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Id like to add, I blame global warming!  |
27-02-2008, 07:27 AM
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I hadn't been in bed that long when it happened.
The noise was terrific, a very deep rumble that built in intensity for about 20-30 seconds accompanied by everything shaking and rattling.
The dog went absolutely ape, running round the house barking.
I went to the window to look out and all I could see were lots of other house lights being switched on!
Certainly the strongest quake I can ever remember.
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27-02-2008, 07:31 AM
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I felt it here in Bristol - major wobbling for ten seconds or so.
It's my second earthquake - I think the first must have been the one that this is the 'worst since', over 20 years ago. Still didn't have a clue what it was until it was over, though. Wobbling must derange my brain.  |
27-02-2008, 07:34 AM
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We had just gone to sleep when we were woken by the shaking and loud crashes.
I didn't at first know what it could have been. After checking everywhere in the house it dawned on me it could have been an earthquake. I checked on BBC news and saw it confirmed.
This morning I checked our Garage which is directly below our bedroom to find a few items had fallen off shelves. Relieved to see nothing more than that. |
27-02-2008, 07:40 AM
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Like Steve, I felt it strongly here in Leicestershire. It woke me up and sounded like a train was passing right outside my window. I was fairly sure it was an earthquake as I can remember experiencing a couple in the past. Quite exciting really - we're fortunate in the UK to know they're never going to be too serious.
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27-02-2008, 07:42 AM
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Felt it here in Manchester, just before 1 am. The whole house shook and the bed was shaking so much it actually woke my wife up. Now that must be some earthquake.
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