Earthquake in Nottingham & ALL Of UK

February 27th, 2008, 02:07 Posted By: wraggster

Hi just to let you know at 12:55am on the 27th Feb2008 we just had an earthquake in sherwood, Nottingham, England lasted for around 30 seconds and shook our house, went outside to check and 4 of my neighbours reported the same. Not a nice feeling :P

Just to let you know

Damn im still shaking :P

Wasnt a big earthquake but damn scary nonetheless.



Seems its UK WIDE, Any UKers here who experianced please post about it

From the Nottingham Evening Post

BREAKING NEWS: EARTHQUAKE HITS NOTTS

Notts was hit by an earthquake that shook the East Midlands this morning.

Two minor earth tremors were felt across the city and over a wide area which also included Derbyshire and Leicestershire at 12.57am.

Notts Fire and Rescue Service said it had received a large number of calls from members of the public and had been called out to deal with an unsafe chimney at a building in Retford.

The quake rattled buildings and set fire alarms off across the city and further afield.

The US Geological Survey's website reported a quake of the magnitude of 4.7 and said the epicentre was 45 miles north east of Nottingham, 30 miles south of Kingston-upon-Hull.

The British Geological Survey said the tremors had been felt across the region.

Ken Renwick, a security guard working at the Keyworth office, said he had been fielding calls from Nottingham, Lincoln, Coalville and Leicester.

Mr Renwick, from Cotgrave, added: "I felt it here. My laptop and paper work went all over the place.

"That's the biggest one I've ever felt. The phone hasn't stopped ringing."

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