Quake!

Wow! That was a quake, a big one, and in Yorkshire of all places! I've never felt one at home before. 00:57 according to my Skype chat log. Dog went barmy and the banging of the doors and wardrobes woke my wife.

That was as much of a shake as I felt during all my time in Japan. Sadly we don't have the same reporting as our far-eastern friends.

[Update 01:35] Sky News (panicking as ever) are reporting the epicentre was apparently 15 miles north-east of Lincoln and the shake measured 4.7 on the Richter scale.

[Update 01:47] The US Geological Survey have this. Unfortunately the UK GS website seems to have crumbled. The timing was recorded at 00:56:46 so I wasn't too far out with my estimation.

[Update 09:00] The British Geological Society agree with the location but claim a 5.3 on the Ricther scale. Certainly felt like at least an intensity IV here. The children waiting to go into school were funny, with their experience of the quake being coloured by the Chicken Little nursery rhyme. I'd guess about only half of them were actually woken up. :-)

[Update 09:15] We found this last night as we Googled for news. This guy managed to put a little red circle around Lincolnshire(ish) a few days before the quake struck. Conspiracy theory anyone???