A Very English Earthquake
 

An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale has been felt in parts of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. BBC website users have been in touch to tell us their experiences.

M SLATER, BROMYARD, HEREFORDSHIRE
We heard and felt an underground train, but then the house rocked! That was an earthquake we all exclaimed. It woke the dog. We are on top of Hegdon Hill - the highest cultivated point in Herefordshire, it is claimed - we have no underground lines closer than London.

D STALLAND, GREAT MALVERN, WORCS
I was using the computer at the time and it felt like the house next door was shutting one of their doors quite loudly but as the shaking lasted longer than a couple of seconds, it was apparent it was an earthquake. This is my second earthquake in Malvern. The last time was September 2000 and measured 4.2.

JEREMY MORFEY, LEIGH, WORCS
Yes, I felt it. I was watching TV and I felt on my back a vibration as if my neighbours had slammed a door very hard and shook the house. Strange, since they are not normally that rough. I thought it might be a fire blowing out a window but not that either. I live about 10 miles east of Bromyard, six west of Worcester, and seven north of Malvern.


An earthquake so terrible...

..."it woke the dog"

And...

..."it felt like the house next door was shutting one of their doors quite loudly"

Then...

"I was watching TV and I felt on my back a vibration"

Should we declare a national emergency?

You have completely destroyed your Modfather moniker now have'nt you? ;) I sense a hint of irony here...

The BGS is monitoring the area in case there are aftershocks. Seismologist David Galloway said: "It's really a case of wait and see."

Run for the hills!

You've got to laugh when we have these type of things happen here.
It's all very English.

As long as the corner shop has abundant supplies of:

Tea Bags
Beer
Bread
Toilet rolls

Every Englishman could survive this natural disaster with ease I reckon.

According to reports given by residents to the British Geological Survey, the quake felt like "a thump as if someone had jumped off the bed upstairs".

*bulk buys Tea Bags, Beer, Bread & Toilet rolls.

I reckon it's the biggest bang many women over the age of 50 have recieved for years ;)

Not true.
Last night my missus went off the Richter scale. :pimp:

She's not over 50 btw.

Before you start. :bringit:

Picture the scene;

London's East End, 1940.

Last night's air raid by the Luftwaffe left much of the East End devastated. Reports of hundreds killed and thousands more injured and left homeless.
Eyewitness's have been in touch with the BBC to tell us of their experiences;

MRS. HORROCKS, WHITECHAPEL.
We were sat listening to the radio when we heard an almighty crashing noise. At first we thought it was the Murphy's next door having one of their rows. We went outside to see what all the commotion was, only to find the house next door was reduced to a pile of rubble, with Mrs. Murphy just stood in the street looking rather bewildered and the worse for wear.
Mr. Murphy was buried alive poor chap.
We asked her in for a cup of tea to settle her nerves.

MR. ARTINGSTALL, STEPNEY.
I was lying in bed reading, when all of a sudden there was a blinding flash. When the dust settled, I found myself looking out into the street.
The entire front of our house had been blown away. I could see Mrs. Bradshaw from across the road peering out of her bedroom window looking rather embarrassed.
I only had my night shirt on...poor woman.
It took me two cups of tea to calm down. Bloody Huns.