Gillian Spraggs (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} wolfinthewood) wrote,@ 2008-02-27 02:30:00 |
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Earth tremor
It’s two in the morning. I meant to go to bed about an hour ago. But at one o’clock, more or less dead on, the house began to vibrate, and then to shake, and shake worse, while I reminded myself that we don’t have serious earthquakes in England; but as the walls shook and the windows rattled and something fell off a shelf, I had to remind myself more firmly, and I was distinctly relieved when the juddering lessened and then quite rapidly died down. It was all over in less than two minutes, I should think. But after that, I didn’t feel sleepy.
The BBC says that the epicentre was near Grimsby in Lincolnshire; that’s about 80 miles away, or a bit more. It was 5.1 on the Richter Scale; just slightly stronger than the 2002 tremor in the Midlands, which was 5. However, it seemed more violent than that one, and perhaps was, here.
It’s two in the morning. I meant to go to bed about an hour ago. But at one o’clock, more or less dead on, the house began to vibrate, and then to shake, and shake worse, while I reminded myself that we don’t have serious earthquakes in England; but as the walls shook and the windows rattled and something fell off a shelf, I had to remind myself more firmly, and I was distinctly relieved when the juddering lessened and then quite rapidly died down. It was all over in less than two minutes, I should think. But after that, I didn’t feel sleepy.
The BBC says that the epicentre was near Grimsby in Lincolnshire; that’s about 80 miles away, or a bit more. It was 5.1 on the Richter Scale; just slightly stronger than the 2002 tremor in the Midlands, which was 5. However, it seemed more violent than that one, and perhaps was, here.
