It reminded Russell (near Scunthorpe) of the Flixborough explosion and
7/7 (he was in BMA House) and he feared it was a bomb. More severe than
the West Midlands one several years ago.
Andy Lee wrote:
> About 8 miles from the epicentre here - woke me and the house was certainly shaking but the most prominent thing was actually the noise - not heard anything like it before and lasted about twice as long as the noticeable movement. Recall a quake a few years ago, centred in the West Midlands I think, which was much milder than being near the centre of this one. I also tried unsuccesfully to get on the BGS site around 1 and went back to bed after seeing a 'breaking news' on the BBC website which said there had been a tremor (though it said West Midlands initially). Only found out we were so close to the centre when I got on the BGS site later this morning.
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> Sent: Wednesday, 27 February, 2008 1:07:10 AM
> Subject: Earthquake
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> The earth moved for me, about 00:55am, lasted quite a few seconds,
> made some things creak.
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> Presume a smallish quake, but the strongest I've ever felt if that's
> what it was.
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> Julian
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