Bloody hell! Just before 1.05am I was woken by the house shaking. Not a short burst like a strong gust of wind or what you sometimes feel when they used to blast at Marsden Quarry. A consistent shaking lasting for about 10-15 seconds - long and strong enough to wake me. The radiators rattled on the walls and when I stood up the whole movement was quite disorienting. I can imagine the terror a full blown earthquake must instil.
Now Sky News are reporting tremors felt across central and southern England - Bedfordshire, Norfolk and Leicestershire.
They can add Tyneside to that too.
Could it have been George Elsom talking?
ReplyDeleteI was living in Wales back in 1984 when we had the last ‘big one’. I didn’t notice that one either!
ReplyDeleteDoes living in a hundred odd year old property make a difference?
ReplyDeleteMost people who I have talked to, who experienced the quake, live in more modern properties than I.
Ancient and rock solid it is, and I didn't feel a thing. I feel like I've missed out on something.
Curly, my home is over a hundred years old so I'm not sure. It was an experience, though.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about missing out on something. I feel the same about those 'magic eye' pictures...