I know for those who live in earthquake prone zones it’s nothing, but at 00:56 UTC an earthquake of magnitude 4.7 hit the UK. The US Geological Survey puts the epicentre at 53.321°N, 0.314°W which is about 45 miles from me. I felt some shaking, doors and shook and bottles rattled. Luckily there has been no structural damage to my house. The UK Geological Surveywebsite is unsurprisingly currently unavailable, as is the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre site, but I will check it out and post a further update when it’s back up and I get a moment.
BBC News is also reporting the tremor.
*UPDATE* The British Geological Survey now have their findings in PDF format for your reading pleasure
*UPDATE* The British Geological Survey is reporting that the earthquake measured 5.2 on the richter scale and the epicentre was Market Rasen, Lincolnshire at a depth of 10Km. After shocks measuring up to 1.8ML were felt after the event.
Cheers
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February 27th, 2008 at 02:14 - Edit
I Felt this too - woke me up just befor 1.00am wondered what was happening. minutes later my daughter phoned to ask if our house had shaken in the same way as theirs did. Lots of reports on sky news, seems to have been felt quite widely around the UK.