shanti0608 said:

You go, you two!!!!! Woo hoo!!!

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

The funny part is that I was joking when I posted that then I compared it to the time it happened and the time we went to SLEEP and well...

at 0:37 on February 27, 2008, EST.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MANCHESTER, England - The strongest earthquake to hit Britain in more than two decades was felt across large parts of the country early Wednesday, officials said.

Some homes had minor damage but there were no reports of injuries. The British Geological Survey said it was a 5.3-magnitude quake but the U.S. Geological Survey earlier put the magnitude at 4.7. The quake struck at about 1 a.m. local time and was centred about 200 kilometres north of London.

Julian Bukits of the British Geological Survey said it was the most powerful one in Britain since a 5.4 quake hit North Wales in 1984.

"It was scary," David Somerset said by telephone from Driffield, about 100 kilometres from the epicentre. He was working on the computer at the time.

"It was a strange sensation as the room, ornaments and chest of drawers started wobbling and making a loud rumbling noise," he said.

Many other people in southern, central and northern England reported feeling their homes shaken by the earthquake in a country where such tremors are uncommon.

Lincolnshire police said they had received dozens of phone calls about the quake and some minor damage to homes had been reported.

"This is a moderate earthquake," Rafael Abreu of the U.S. Geological Survey told Sky News from the United States.

He described it as a shallow interplate earthquake and said his U.S.-based group would likely adopt the 5.3-magnitude rating from his British counterparts.

The epicentre was reported to be in Market Rasen in Licolnshire, a small market town known for its racecourse.

"I was in bed at the time and suddenly there was quite a big bang and shaking that woke us up," said Laura Bocock, who lives close to Market Rasen in northeastern England.

"It sounded like someone had hit the bungalow and (I) was quite frightened."

"I couldn't get back to sleep because I was scared it could happen again."

The North West Ambulance service said its crews had also reported feeling the quake but had received "no actual calls from the public," said a spokeswoman.

John Jenkin of Bourne said the jolt knocked objects from the shelves of his home.

"I was woken up. It was hell," he said.

A woman in Notting Hill, a wealthy section of London, reported her radio was bumping up and down on a shelf for several seconds.

A quake of magnitude 5 is capable of causing considerable damage. Britain is hit annually with up to 200 quakes but only 10 per cent are strong enough to be felt.


©The Canadian Press, 2008

shanti0608 said:

.....I'm still trying to get over Phil's butt. Lucky girl! And I should add, lucky guy!

ZombieKitten said:

actually half our chimney fell down into the garden

actually half our chimney fell down into the garden

jami0mckay said:

I love how you pointed out that it fell down...like gravity is different over there or smething...

I was still up and felt it in Oxfordshire, peculiar feeling.

One person did get hurt but it could of been worse

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...266136.stm

at 0:37 on February 27, 2008, EST.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MANCHESTER, England - The strongest earthquake to hit Britain in more than two decades was felt across large parts of the country early Wednesday, officials said.

Some homes had minor damage but there were no reports of injuries. The British Geological Survey said it was a 5.3-magnitude quake but the U.S. Geological Survey earlier put the magnitude at 4.7. The quake struck at about 1 a.m. local time and was centred about 200 kilometres north of London.

Julian Bukits of the British Geological Survey said it was the most powerful one in Britain since a 5.4 quake hit North Wales in 1984.

"It was scary," David Somerset said by telephone from Driffield, about 100 kilometres from the epicentre. He was working on the computer at the time.

"It was a strange sensation as the room, ornaments and chest of drawers started wobbling and making a loud rumbling noise," he said.

Many other people in southern, central and northern England reported feeling their homes shaken by the earthquake in a country where such tremors are uncommon.

Lincolnshire police said they had received dozens of phone calls about the quake and some minor damage to homes had been reported.

"This is a moderate earthquake," Rafael Abreu of the U.S. Geological Survey told Sky News from the United States.

He described it as a shallow interplate earthquake and said his U.S.-based group would likely adopt the 5.3-magnitude rating from his British counterparts.

The epicentre was reported to be in Market Rasen in Licolnshire, a small market town known for its racecourse.

"I was in bed at the time and suddenly there was quite a big bang and shaking that woke us up," said Laura Bocock, who lives close to Market Rasen in northeastern England.

"It sounded like someone had hit the bungalow and (I) was quite frightened."

"I couldn't get back to sleep because I was scared it could happen again."

The North West Ambulance service said its crews had also reported feeling the quake but had received "no actual calls from the public," said a spokeswoman.

John Jenkin of Bourne said the jolt knocked objects from the shelves of his home.

"I was woken up. It was hell," he said.

A woman in Notting Hill, a wealthy section of London, reported her radio was bumping up and down on a shelf for several seconds.

A quake of magnitude 5 is capable of causing considerable damage. Britain is hit annually with up to 200 quakes but only 10 per cent are strong enough to be felt.


©The Canadian Press, 2008

ZombieKitten said:

hey its nothing really just a few bricks

jami0mckay said:

There's that English attitude!

I was taking a shit at the time; came back to my computer to read "breaking news" on the BBC website and an initial claim that a bomb had gone off in London!

benyamin said:

So YOU are responsible?