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Breaking news: At around 1am GMT today, an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Lincolnshire, the strongest to hit England in 25 years, [source; TV newscasts] the epicentre was close to the town of Wragby near to the north of the county, the damage was minimal many chimney stacks fell into the roads, there was luckily only one casualty, a man was fairly badly injured when a chimney stack came through his roof & fell on his bed.
It was felt as far away as Kent also near to the south coast, I remember my father telling me of one in the '20's when our house shook, windows cracked & china fell from shelves, this was in Portsmouth where I was born, it's on the south coast, I was surprised to learn that around 50 earthquakes occur in Britain every year, most of them minor thank God!

dave lukins

I was watching FBI Files and just as it finished, 0100hrs my house shook for about 3-5 seconds and there was a noise as if a train was passing. I ran upstairs, something I have been advised not to do, to see if the wife was ok. She said something in the lines of the Earth moving for her

Foremost

Ha ha, with you downstairs? your wife sounds quite a character bless her, my late wife was too, my god, I do miss her!!

Debbie

Glad to see you are doing well My Dear Mr. Lukins, read about this online CNN this morning.

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Foremost

I was interested in your signature so I googled it, there was a link to "You Tube" & I listened to a vid of it, I'm English & had never heard of it, it was very evocative Debbie, good choice

HistoricalDavid

I was awake but didn't feel it. Too far south I suspect.

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Debbie

If you want, I suggest you taking a look at the following CD, Susan Tedeschi - Just Won't Burn. It one of my favorites.

Glad to hear most are reporting in and are just fine from this shakeup that mother nature has caused.

Foremost

BBC 6 o'clock news has just said that it was also felt as far south as the Isle of Wight, I didn't notice though, I was fast asleep!, years ago I was stationed in Lincolnshire when I was in the RAF, about 18 miles south of the epicentre so I know that it's about 160 miles from where I live.

Foremost

No, it's said that people in Northholt noticed it too.

HistoricalDavid

Actually I think I was half-asleep after walking that day, so there.

glyn

A major earthquake measuring 7.8 in the Richter scale hit Lancashire and
surrounding areas in the morning of 27 February 2008. The epicentre was
Scunthorpe. Shock waves were felt as far afield as Bolton, Manchester and
Essex.

Casualties were seen wandering aimlessly saying "bang out of order",
"mental" and "that did my head in". The earthquake decimated the area
causing in excess of £17.55 worth of damage.

Several priceless collections of mementos from Ibiza and Corfu were damaged
beyond repair. Three preserved areas of historic burned out cars were
disturbed.

Many locals were woken before their giros arrived. The local paper reported
that hundreds of residents were confused and bewildered. They are still
trying to come to terms with the fact that the damage was caused by
something else instead of them.

One resident Tracey Sharon Smith, a 15 year old mother of four said "It was
such a shock, little Chardonnay-Leigh came running through the cardboard
door into my bedroom crying. My hands were shaking so much that I could
hardly shoot-up when I was watching Trisha the next morning". Another local
resident known as Macca said the earthquake would not stop him going to
work, after all, the T.W.O .C'ing, Burglaries and Graffiti would not do
themselves.

The British Red Cross has so far managed to ship 4,000 crates of Sunny
Delight to the area to help with the crisis.

Rescue workers were still searching through rubble and have found large
quantities of personal belongings which include benefit books, jewellery
from Elizabeth Dukes, bone china from Poundstretcher and a number of Argos
catalogues. However, they were unable to save any furniture from Crazy
George's.

How can you help? This appeal hopes to raise money for food and clothing
parcels for those unfortunate enough to be caught up in the disaster.

Clothing is most sought after. Most needed are Kappa or other tracksuits
(his and hers), white socks to tuck the tracksuit bottoms into, Burberry
caps, woolly Benny hats and Reebok trainers. Primark clothing is most
welcome. Food parcels are also needed. They include Mcains Micro-Chips, Aldi
Beans, Monster Munch, Nutella chocolate spread and Iceland pizzas. Alcohol
is also in short supply, mainly Lambrini, White Lightening cider and
Carlsberg Special Brew.

Cash donations are also needed, 22p buys a Bic Biro for signing on purposes,
£1.50 buys cheese & chips and £26 buys 200 Regal from Tommo who has just gotback from Kavos.

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Foremost

Ho ho Glyn, very funny [ahem] but then a lot of Cornish people worship piskies, strange little gnome-like beings who spend most of their time sitting on toadstools fiddling with their horseshoe....... er watch out mate, the guys in white coats have just turned up outside your front door!!

Elbmek

Here in Sutton Coldfield, I was at work, at 00:56:45 the building shook and security monitors rattled on their shelves. That was about it really.

Is there any truth in the rumour that Pakistan is to launch an Earthquake Appeal for England ?

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dave lukins

Ah! Mike, 'Tis the gifts you give, not what you receive

Elbmek

Thats OK Dave, what gifts are pakistan sending over then?