[guide.chat] earthquake in england
- From: vanessa <qwerty1234567a@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:48:49 -0000
East Midlands shaken by 2.9 magnitude earthquake
A 2.9 magnitude earthquake has struck the east Midlands, the British Geological
Survey said today.
By Telegraph reporters7:23AM GMT 18 Jan 2013
The tremor was reported across Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.
Julian Bukits of the BSG said the earthquake happened at 5.20am and was
''average'' for the UK.
One resident in Groby, Leicestershire, told BBC Radio Leicester: ''It lasted at
least 20 seconds and some DVDs fell off a shelf in my room.''
Another caller said: ''It sounded like an underground train coming and
everything wobbled, but nothing fell off shelves.''
Leicestershire Police said they had received no reports of any tremors and had
not been called out to any incidents.
A spokeswoman said: "We've not received any calls about any tremors or any
damage overnight."
A spokesman for the county's fire and rescue service also said it had not
received any calls reporting an earthquake.
The epicentre of today's seismic activity was located near Loughborough,
Leicestershire, where residents would have felt a bang and a slight vibration.
Mr Bukits said that properties in the area, which has a history of earthquakes,
would not have suffered any structural damage.
On October 28 2001 there was a 4.1 earthquake near Melton Mowbray,
Leicestershire, which Mr Bukits described as "big by UK standards".
Putting today's quake into perspective, the expert said it was a million times
weaker than the 8.9 earthquake which struck off the Japanese coast, causing a
devastating tsunami in March 2011.
"Earthquakes generally have to be of 4.5 to 5 magnitude to cause damage," he
added.
Earthquakes in the UK are described as intraplate seismic activity, as they
take place far from tectonic plate boundaries.
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