Earthquake in England!
We’ve just had a small earthquake in England - which although wasn’t huge, it was like a big big lorry driving past the side of your house.
It happened a few minutes before 1am on 27th February and there is no mention of it on Sky, BBC News or any other of the online news websites.
There could be complete cities flattened across the UK - but none of these websites have any update. Perhaps I’m expecting too much for things to reported that quickly online - 15 minutes later I suppose may be a bit quick if they need to validate any reports before it gets published.
I’d say it was about a 3 or 4 on the richter scale and lasted about 5-10 seconds - although it had a few seconds build-up too where I thought a lorry had come to park next to me!
UPDATE: I’ve just seen a site appear on Google which details that the earthquake was a 4.7 and 6 miles underground… The co-ordinates are 53.32N, 0.31W which looks to be near to Lincoln in North-East England… More info here and map below. Initial mention has just also appeared on the BBC News website, but remember where you heard it first!
Some more info can be found on another blog at http://johnleach.co.uk/words/archives/2008/02/27/300/
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February 27, 2008 @ 1:33 am
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scrizzle said,
February 27, 2008 @ 1:48 am
Felt it in Birmingham too. Sh*t me up!
Duncan said,
February 27, 2008 @ 1:48 am
¨6 mules underground¨ - that’s not too deep then eh
Had it here just south of Derby too, someone’s mentioned it in yorkshire as well…guess the news sites will catch up with the good old insomniac bloggers eventually…
Donna Dyble said,
February 27, 2008 @ 2:02 am
Hi, i have been googling to see if anyone else felt it. I was sat on my settee in Driffield, East Yorkshire and i felt and heard rumbling under my sofa! I must say i was a bit scared. I put a report in on the website you have mentioned at 1.14am as i felt the quake at around 1.04am. Is this the cause of global warming? We have also had freak wind here in the last few weeks.
Lesley Tissington said,
February 27, 2008 @ 2:30 am
1am - Woke us up here too!
Selston, Nottingham. Whole house shook…
Josephine said,
February 27, 2008 @ 2:48 am
Felt it in Fareham Hampshire, the monitor wobbled and i felt it through my chair at the same time my partner noticed the LCD TV wobbly, that is some distance.
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February 27, 2008 @ 11:55 am
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sweetcoco said,
March 5, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
felt it here in stratford-upon-avon too.
woke us all up, lol!!!