Oh my God, NW England.. Did anyone just feel the Earthquake??

Question

Oh my God, NW England.. Did anyone just feel the Earthquake??

Answer 1

Felt it in Leicester. Scary!!

Answer 2

That was a little scary.

I was just falling asleep too.

Thought the world was ending lol.

Answer 3

There is some structural damage in Hull?

Magnitude 4.7

Date-Time Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 00:56:45 UTC

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 12:56:45 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 53.321°N, 0.314°W

Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

Distances 50 km (30 miles) S of Kingston upon Hull, England, UK

70 km (45 miles) NE of Nottingham, England, UK

80 km (50 miles) E of Sheffield, England, UK

205 km (125 miles) N of LONDON, United Kingdom

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.8 km (4.2 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters NST= 50, Nph= 50, Dmin=291.4 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Gp= 54°,

M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2008nyae

there is some structural damage in Hull

Earthquake hits much of England  

  

The biggest earthquake for nearly 25 years has been felt across large parts of England.

People from as far afield as London, Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester, East Anglia and Yorkshire felt the tremor.

It struck just before 0100 GMT and lasted for nearly 10 seconds but it is unclear if it has caused any damage.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) said it believed the quake was of the magnitude of 5.3 and said the epicentre was in Market Rasen in Lincolnshire.

Dr Brian Baptie of the BGS said it was of a level to cause minor damage to buildings.

"An earthquake of this size, of magnitude five or thereabouts, will occur roughly every ten to 20 years in the UK," he said.

  It was very strong, I felt the whole room moving

David Somerset

East Yorkshire

'Biggest quake of my life'

Wednesday morning's earthquake was the biggest recorded example since one with a magnitude of 5.4 struck north Wales in 1984.

Dr Baptie said: "The largest earthquake that we know about that has struck the UK was about 100km off the east coast of England on the Dogger Bank and it had a magnitude of 6.1.

"So we can get these kind of moderate to significant earthquakes of this size but they're relatively rare."

The West Midlands was hit by an earthquake in 2002 in the Dudley area that reached a magnitude of 5.0 and one measuring 4.3 hit Folkstone in Kent last year.

People from across England contacted the BBC to described how their homes shook during the tremor.

QUAKES IN THE UK

April 2007 - Folkstone, Kent (magnitude 4.3)

December 2006 - Dumfries and Galloway (3.5)

September 2002 - Dudley, West Midlands (5.0)

October 2001 - Melton Mowbray (4.1)

September 2000 - Warwick (4.2)

April 1990 - Bishop's Castle, Shropshire (5.1)

July 1984 - Nefyn, north Wales (5.4)

June 1931 - in North Sea near Great Yarmouth (6.1)

Jemma Harrison, 22, in Bury, Greater Manchester, said: "It was really bad. I was fast asleep and woke up and the room was shaking and there was a loud bang and alarms were going off."

Natasha Cavey, in Tipton in the West Midlands, said: "All my cupboard doors flew open and the whole house shook, it was unreal. I can't believe it."

David in Alrewas in Staffordshire said: "The birds were flying around like it was daylight.

"It was quite severe. I experienced the Dudley one and this was more severe. I went outside to see if the roof had collapsed. I could see the furniture in the room moving, it was like it was on a jelly mould."

David Somerset, 41, from Driffield near Beverley in East Yorkshire, said: "I have never felt one as strong as that one before. I was in my sitting room and the grandfather clock was rattling rather violently.

"It was very strong, I felt the whole room moving."

Answer 4

i felt the earthquake i was really scared i was laying in bed and all my house just started shaking.i didnt get any damage but sme things were out of place in the house.it really scared me as it was really shaking really bad.

Answer 5

yeah was clubbing at an indie rock nite thought it was the sambuka id drunk,lol lindy in hull.

Answer 6

Yes Just felt it in Chesterfield, derbyshire about 25mins ago

freaked me out

Answer 7

Yeah, in Leeds!

Answer 8

im in birmingham in the uk..felt it for about 6 secs?

Answer 9

I seen lots of question like this, all asking the same thing, yes, they felt it, you're not off you rocker.

Answer 10

Yeah! I'm in the North West too, near Warrington Didn't seem to last that long, where did it originate do we know

Answer 11

Yeah. I just asked that question. I dove under my desk too. Kinda weird when my computer just started shaking.

Answer 12

YES!!  In Harrow!  Everyone except my husband! Typical!

Answer 13

Yes, I felt it. Scary stuff! I'm near Daventry.

Answer 14

I for h**l did, i just posted the question and saw this.

Lincoln, England.

Answer 15

me too in rossendale valley

Answer 16

Didn't even feel a twitch here in Ireland! : ( no fair!

Answer 17

YEa, i'm in birmingham, just turned my computer off and the whole place just started rocking, i didnt know what the h**l was happening for a second or 2. lol

Answer 18

yes bro, in wembley london was for about 5 seconds, scary

Answer 19

yes in waterfoot rossendale just berore 1 am the dog went mad and stared to bark very loud them a noise like a loud train then the house shock for about 30 seconds wow