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"Earth tremor!"

Did anyone else just experience an earth tremor?

I was sitting here updating my website when the whole house shook - enough to cause some stuff on my desk to fall over, but not to do any damage.

It was bloody scary!

I'm in Northampton - anyone else have it?

Well Mid-cardiff occasionally gets tremours but I've never felt them.

However, it seems the whole British Isles felt this tremour! I never thought I'd experience an Earthquake (or be awake to) but I have.

I'm happy.

I felt it in Cardiff!!!

I was sitting there, playing Wave Race: Blue Storm, and the whole house shook


Scary. :O

the tremor was really strong in warwickshire, i was playing resi evil in the dark at the time, it was pretty scary!

Goatboy wrote:
> Was it about 00:45-1am?

Yup. I think it's 'officially' timed at 00:54


> What? Oh come on, like you'd miss Dudley if it sank into the earth.

I'm imagining all the Brummies...

*In best Brum accent*

" we're 'avin an uurthquake!"

Was it about 00:45-1am?

I was nodding off and thought my bed moved. Only for a split-second, thought I was imagining it - one of those almost asleep moments.
And that was in Essex.

Superb, my very own in-bed rollycoaster.
I think we should jump up and down all at the same time shouting "More! More!".
What? Oh come on, like you'd miss Dudley if it sank into the earth.

Na†ßu© wrote:
> My Spurs flag fell on my head while I was sleeping and stuff. I'm in
> Lincoln.

That was nothing to do with the earthquake, that was just natural symbolism! ;-)

Apparently it was 4.8 on the Richter scale - that's quite major, isn't it?

We had one about 10 years ago that was 2-point-something, but me and my dad were upstairs laying a carpet and didn't feel it; it was only my mum yelling out that alerted us to it.

Last night, at first I thought my chair was about to break. Then I thought it was a strong wind. Then I heard the rumbling and realised what was happening. All in the space of the fre seconds it lasted.

My computer desk wobbles if you knock it. I just tried shaking it by hand to see how much it would have to shake for things to fall over, and I had to shake it quite violently to get anything to fall over - but as I said last night, stuff on the desk did fall - so it must have been stronger than I realised at the time.

All I can say is I'm really glad I don't live in a place where it's a regular occurrence!

My Spurs flag fell on my head while I was sleeping and stuff. I'm in Lincoln.

I'm in Essex, which is hundreds of miles away from the epicentre, but I swear I felt it too! I was watching Casino and I though I heard someone walking about downstairs and opening cupboards, but then there was a rumbling sound and the floor shook for about 5/6 seconds. I watched the rest of Casino and went to bed, but when I saw the news this morning it kinda made sense...except that I'm too far away. But I swear that's what it was. V. Weird.

didn't feel a thing here in surrey. probably sleeping...

The incantation obviously was faulty in some way.

However I shall rectify that with the next attempt
*shakes fist at Dudley*

I'll get you, oh yes.