Reports: Tremors Felt Across England

[GaryC 7]

Tremors have been felt across England this morning, according to Sky News witnesses.

'Quake' read 4.7 on Richter scaleThe epicentre of the expected earthquake is said to have been Kingston upon Hull, 15 miles north from Lincoln.

The tremor, timed at 12:56am, read 4.7 on the Richter scale.

Reports of homes and offices shaking have been received from North Yorkshire to Greater London.

Viewers in Rugby, Oldham, London, Windsor, West Yorkshire, Blackpool and Dunstable have all recorded being awoken by the tremor.

People have told how their beds shook, although there have been no reports of injury or damage.

Sylvia Tidy-Harris from Ellistown, Leicestershire described the experience as a "real boneshaker".

"It was like a big juggernaut was coming down the road. It was very loud and the whole house shook."

Mel Garratt from south Lincolnshire said the tremor lasted from five to 10 seconds.

Sky News correspondent Lisa Dowd said the tremor was similar to a substantial earthqauke in 2002, which had the town of Dudley as its epicentre.

That tremor recorded the largest shake in the UK for over a decade.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1307071,00.html

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

There was an earthquake in Kent when I was there last April - 6.2 or something.

Very ironic to leave LA for the UK to experience an earthquake

[Miranda&James 8]

Yup they do have earthquakes! James felt some in Manchester at his office a couple years ago when he still lived there.

[wishbone 0]

I heard reported some minor house damages:

Here's the Earthquake map:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recent...aps/10/0_55.php

[kisschick1976 0]

I'm currently living in Kingston Upon Hull.

We woke up at 1am-ish to the bed shaking violently and a few things getting knocked over. We lied awake for a couple of hours wondering what the hell it was. Typical 1am conversation, I thought it was a ghost shaking the bed like in the movies.

Jonny felt the aftershock at 2:30am-ish and I was just getting back to sleep. I woke up when he asked me if I felt it. I sleepily said no I didn't feel it but I heard it go 'hmmmmmmmmmmmm' lol 'Go back to sleep, Vikki'

Man, I moved from Hurricane Alley to have earthquakes instead?!?

Edited February 27, 2008 by kisschick1976

[mustang-sally 8]

I live in Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

The epicentre was about 15 miles from me in Market Rasen.

It woke me up at about 1am, the bed was shaking!!!! My first thought was that one of the big oil refineries on the Humber bank had blown up. The shaking lasted about 10 seconds, it was scary. There have been lots of chimney stacks fall down and some structural damage to buildings but nothing too bad and no injuries, thank goodness!!!

There was an aftershock at about 4am but that was only mild.

[Alex & Rachel 78]

BBC's reporting it was 5.3 magnitude, now! Biggest earthquake in 25 years - and the first one I've felt!

I was much further away from the epicentre, but I did feel it - thought someone was trying to break in/the neighbours were being noisy at first!

[kisschick1976 0]

I live in Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

The epicentre was about 15 miles from me in Market Rasen.

It woke me up at about 1am, the bed was shaking!!!! My first thought was that one of the big oil refineries on the Humber bank had blown up. The shaking lasted about 10 seconds, it was scary. There have been lots of chimney stacks fall down and some structural damage to buildings but nothing too bad and no injuries, thank goodness!!!

There was an aftershock at about 4am but that was only mild.

So you're just across the bridge from us then!

I thought there was one around 4 but when I read the news articles they all said around 2:30 and if I was just drifting back to sleep I thought it would make sense for it to be around 2:30 anyway. I swear I thought I felt something a couple of times but I think that may just be because I was so scared and everything made me jump. This was my first time, you see

[ajames79 0]

My in laws are in South Yorkshire and they all woke up around 1 feeling the earthquake!

I've only been through one and it was tiny!

[almaty 19]

wow, i never knew england had 'quakes

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Well, a quake of this sort wouldn't attract any attention at all in a place like, say, Japan or California.

[Mark&Steph 0]

i remember the Dudly one a few years ago.

There was also a tornado or two in Birmingham recently.

Edited February 27, 2008 by Mark&Steph

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Britain apparently has the most tornadoes per square mile (or something like that) than anywhere in the world - they are just all little ones that don't cause any damage

[Amby 490]

calling neil's mom now...gonna catch her before she's really drunk so I can get her real story not some crazy one like the house fell over since she is in Newcastle

[Amby 490]

ok she says "I didn't bloody feel it. I was sleeping and I wouldn't be woke up by an earthquake unless the ceiling fell on us"