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« Thread Started on Feb 27, 2008, 3:06am » | |
People from across large parts of England have reported an earth tremor.
The BBC has received calls from people in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Manchester, Berkshire and the West Midlands about a "quake".
The tremor could be felt in central Birmingham at about 0100 GMT but it is unclear if it has caused any damage.
The US Geographical Survey's website reported a quake of the magnitude of 4.7 and said the epicentre was 30 miles (50km) south of Kingston-upon-Hull.
The West Midlands was hit by an earthquake in 2002 in the Dudley area that reached 5.0 on the Richter scale and caused damage to homes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm
Map of epicentre
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=53.3214+-0....,2&f=d&t=h&hl=e
Data http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008nyae.php#details
Did you feel the quake? what did you think was happening ?
This is at least the third I've experienced. I'm getting used to them now.
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