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Aaah was that an earthquake!

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Egluntyne Eggsistentialist

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We felt it! The earth definitely moved at Egluntine Towers! At 1am ish.

 

It lasted for about half a minute and was quite alarming and very loud.

 

Have just had a look at the news and it was a 5.3 on the Richter Scale which is massive for the UK and the epicentre was in Grimsby of all places.

 

I remember the last one. a few years ago....which was a 4....and lots of our leaded lights cracked.

 

Must go and have a look later when I've had me cup of tea.

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Lesley Eggsistentialist

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I heard it - hadn't long gone to bed...........

 

I told Carl but he just said "Oh" and turned over. Jazz had been barking on and off for ages.........

 

I thought I'd imagined it when I woke up, but I knew I'd find the answer here! :lol:

 

It wasn't far from Kate - I wonder how she is this morning?

 

I was in Anglesey at the time of the last big one, 24 years ago - 5.4, just off the coast and really heavy furniture moved right across the floor - my son slept through that one, in the top bunk of bunk beds :shock::lol:

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Snowy SUPER CHICKEN!!!

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Good morning all! I've recovered my composure this morning, it's very strange when it first happens - you immediately want confirmation of what you felt! I was watching TV and as Kate said, the whole house was shaking, the dog running round barking. Even OH woke up! Completely unheard of! :lol: Phew - very, very scary though :?:roll:

 

Hope everyone is OK and no one suffered any injuries or structural damage!

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Cinnamon Cocka-doodle-loopy

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I think I may have felt it all the way down here too :shock:

 

I have a stinking cold,so had a restless night, & at about 1ish I was dozing when I felt a sort of vibration in the bed thought hubby was jerking his leg about.

 

I did as any wife would do - kicked him & told him to keep still :roll::lol:

 

Did anyones chickens wake up?

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Goosey Lucy Chicken Addict

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I felt it here too, checked the clock, it was 12:58 am.

 

Very scary to wake up from a deep sleep to find the house shaking and the wardrobe door clattering. :shock:

 

Both kids slept thro it. :roll:

 

OH not here at the moment, he didn't feel it in Wales.

 

Took me ages to go back to sleep, kept hearing creaks.

 

No damage to report this morning, thank goodness. :)

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Eyren Chatty Chicken

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Definitely felt it here - much bigger than the swarm we had here a few years back - seemed to go on for a long time :shock::shock: Woke everyone up except DS who sleeps through everything! Seems it was the biggest UK one for 25 years.

 

Dang - and I slept right through it! OH is away in Scotland, so all the cats are sleeping on the bed with me, and since they are often fidgety in the night, I tend to ignore most disturbances :)

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Tina C Chatty Chicken

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Good morning all! I've recovered my composure this morning, it's very strange when it first happens - you immediately want confirmation of what you felt! I was watching TV and as Kate said, the whole house was shaking, the dog running round barking. Even OH woke up! Completely unheard of! :lol: Phew - very, very scary though :?:roll:

 

Hope everyone is OK and no one suffered any injuries or structural damage!

 

Yep I came straight here for confirmation too, I knew someone would be up - quicker than bbc.co.uk :lol:

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our house felt like it was being rocked back and forward for about 20 seconds or so, might have been less time than that but I was shocked so hard to tell. It was about 1am. Very scary! I just lay there, in shock. I should have jumped up and stood in a doorway or something but I just froze, couldn't quite believe what I was feeling.

 

I was at work in Manchester a few years ago (during that swarm of quakes) when I felt what I thought was someone bumping into my desk and I turned round to tell them off and everyone was saying "what was that?" but this was much worse.

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I went to bed early (for me, usually don't go till 1) last night (back of 11) and thought this is a waste of time as I'll be back up in a couple of hours. Sure enough I woke up at 12.55 :? - strange, wonder if anyone in Scotland felt it?

 

Glad everyones ok (experienced an earthquake on my honeymoon in Zante, the tables in the restaurant were jumping all over the place, and the lights swinging - a bad omen :roll: ).

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