>At 12.55 the tremor was noticed here - Aberystwyth. It was quite
heavy, and lasted for aprx. 6-7 seconds with a tail-off of about
the same or possibly a little longer.<
presumably the tremors woke me but i only heard the noise
- it sounded like a series of heavy books falling off a book
shelf.
in fact i thought my seven year old had fallen out of bed
and pulled the bookcase on top of him, and i leapt out
of bed and ran to his room
the interesting bit here is how people interpreted it -
people in this building variously thought it was burglars,
dogs wagging their tails (and thumping the bed),
a squirrel, a fan about to blow apart, a lorry hitting
the house etc etc.
jeremy
Jeremy Condliffe
Editor
Congleton Chronicle
Cheshire
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