Did the earth move for you last night???

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jandyt (archived)
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Posted February 27, 2008 at 03:59 GMT
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Yes, we had an earthquake last night at 1.00 am (UK time) It measured 5.2 on the Reichter scale, the biggest for twentyfive years and scared me seriously.
Be interesting to know how far apart Beoworlders felt it.
I'm in Lancashire,north-west England and felt everything move for about 4 seconds. How about you?

Andy T.

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Henry
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Posted February 27, 2008 at 04:07 GMT
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Yes I felt it too as I was in the kitchen making myself a sandwich at the time!
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wirralsimon (archived)
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Posted February 27, 2008 at 04:08 GMT
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Slept like a baby throughout the whole thing!

 

Simon

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9_LEE
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Posted February 27, 2008 at 04:11 GMT
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It was only me turning my Lab 5's up, sorry!

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GSHaigh (archived)
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Posted February 27, 2008 at 04:15 GMT
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Yep,  woke us up (in Rochdale), although the kids slept through it.
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jandyt (archived)
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Posted February 27, 2008 at 04:15 GMT
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Apparently the epicentre was in Lincolnshire somewhere. Only one person reported to be injured. Chimney fell on someone in Barnsley, Yorkshire.
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Puncher (archived)
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Posted February 27, 2008 at 04:19 GMT
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joeyboygolf
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Posted February 27, 2008 at 04:45 GMT
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Never felt a thing!
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a2bur
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Posted February 27, 2008 at 06:11 GMT
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Woke us up , thought the thermostat had stuck on the boiler and was boiling .
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Richard
South Lincs.
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Graham1982 (archived)
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Posted February 27, 2008 at 06:26 GMT
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I felt it in Cambridge - I was doing some laundry at the time and funnily enough, as the washing machine started to spin so the house started to shake. I was on the phone to a friend at the time and she said that she had gelt it to so clearly it was not the washing machine.

IT was quite a surreal feeling. I knew it was a quake but also knew that it was unlikely to cause any real damage. However, it really did freak a few of my friends out.

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