Comments on: EarthQuake in UK http://www.zahool.com/blog/2008/02/27/earthquake-in-uk.html DJ | Web Design | SEO | Graphic Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Eddy Young http://www.zahool.com/blog/2008/02/27/earthquake-in-uk.html#comment-27517 Eddy Young Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:17:29 +0000 http://www.zahool.com/blog/2008/02/27/earthquake-in-uk.html#comment-27517 In Farnborough, Hampshire, I was on the couch watching TV at that time. I did not feel a thing, and there was not even a ripple in my cup of tea. I only became aware of the quake this morning when people were telling their stories on the local radio. --- Eddy In Farnborough, Hampshire, I was on the couch watching TV at that time. I did not feel a thing, and there was not even a ripple in my cup of tea.

I only became aware of the quake this morning when people were telling their stories on the local radio.

— Eddy

]]> By: Anne http://www.zahool.com/blog/2008/02/27/earthquake-in-uk.html#comment-27516 Anne Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:54:48 +0000 http://www.zahool.com/blog/2008/02/27/earthquake-in-uk.html#comment-27516 BRITAIN was rocked by a major earthquake early today. The tremor was felt across 300 miles from Brighton to County Durham and from Norfolk to Wales. People were shaken from their beds shortly before 1am with buildings rocked and huge cracks appearing in walls. The earthquake was measured at 5.1 on the Richter Scale with its epicentre in Lincolnshire. It was not immediately known how much damage had been caused but there were no reports of any serious injuries. Dr Brian Baptie of the British Geological Survey confirmed the event was an earthquake and said instruments spread across the country had recorded 5.1 on the Richter Scale. He said: “It’s certainly one of the biggest we have felt in the UK in recent years, and the largest earthquake since 1990. “We get earthquakes of this size roughly every ten to 20 years.” He added that there would almost certainly be aftershocks to follow, but most of these would go unnoticed. Emergency services were flooded with calls. BRITAIN was rocked by a major earthquake early today.

The tremor was felt across 300 miles from Brighton to County Durham and from Norfolk to Wales.

People were shaken from their beds shortly before 1am with buildings rocked and huge cracks appearing in walls.

The earthquake was measured at 5.1 on the Richter Scale with its epicentre in Lincolnshire.

It was not immediately known how much damage had been caused but there were no reports of any serious injuries.

Dr Brian Baptie of the British Geological Survey confirmed the event was an earthquake and said instruments spread across the country had recorded 5.1 on the Richter Scale.

He said: “It’s certainly one of the biggest we have felt in the UK in recent years, and the largest earthquake since 1990.

“We get earthquakes of this size roughly every ten to 20 years.”

He added that there would almost certainly be aftershocks to follow, but most of these would go unnoticed.

Emergency services were flooded with calls.

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