WTF?

[karohemd]

Was that an earth tremor? The house just wobbled...

Reports coming in from Scotland to Berks, not Holland, that was Chinese whispers at work.
BBC link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm

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[evilmattikinz.livejournal.com]

I felt your wobbling house up hear in huntingdon

[suzerain.livejournal.com]

a lot of people seem to be just now - talking with some people in holland online too who noticed something.

I just felt a sort of wobble, but was'nt sure if it was me being sleepy having some sort of slight shake.

ah well. I for one welcome out Cthonic overlords. Ia! Ia!

[astatine210.livejournal.com]

Yep, reports coming in via the internet from all over England. Thought the chimney was going to fall off...

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

It was a pretty widespread one if you felt it all the way down there...

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Even across to Holland apparently, according to suzerain (who is in Scotland) above. That's one hell of a radius...

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Any idea of the epicentre? It felt pretty strong here, but not earth-shattering. About five seconds of serious wobble.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

BBC News ticker across the top says West Midlands but no details yet.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Lincoln; am going to edit my post

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Not in Holland, Chinese whispers at work but still, an area from Dundee to Berks is damn impressive.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I submitted my form that I felt it on the website I linked to in my post :D

[suzerain.livejournal.com]

Slight miscommunication about holland.... group of people I know talking online, most were dutch, it was the one in manchester whose car alarms went off from it. got mixed up over who was writing though.

[angusabranson.livejournal.com]

Certainly one in Leicester and the West Midlands. The BBC news site is also now reporting the West Midlands tremor.

[matgb]

Epicenter newr Lincoln apparently:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008nyae.php#details

[caseytalk.livejournal.com]

As I noted in snapesbabe's blog, a 4.7 is pretty dull to those of us who are native Californians. That said, it is a bit creepy to have what you think of as 'solid Earth' suddenly remind you that it's anything but. Glad you're OK.

:)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I know and I'm not worried at all, it's just unusual. It's not something that happens regularly around here (or where I lived before)

[wyrdness.livejournal.com]

I thought I felt a wobbling sensation at that time. In fact it was enough to make me remember the time in case anyone mentioned about it this morning, but last night I was surrounded by 3 cats and was beginning to fall asleep so I assumed one of them had just decided to start vigorously licking itself at the bottom of the bed :D

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Cut and paste of comment I posted elsewhere - apologies if you see it more than once

I heard a bang (which I hope isn't going to turn out to be bad news, but so far I haven't spotted anything) and the room shook three or four times. Since I live next to the main railway line into Paddington I assumed it was a train revving its engines, which has a similar effect though with higher frequency. But I couldn't hear a train, so I chalked it up as traffic or something until I heard the news this morning,

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Felt like a thump to the outside of the house, but didn't feel anything shake...

Were a couple of bangs outside, which I assume were things falling over

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I tried to catch you on Yahoo but when I saw you still online, you just went offline. ;o)

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, I was just going to bed when it happened, oooo, er.

[morthrai.livejournal.com]

As I live in a very old building and the structure didn't actually shake I just thought the wobbly noise was air in the central heating. As usual.

[eryx-uk.livejournal.com]

And I slept through it. :-(