[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: OT: Small tremor just now? Earthquake?

[Josh Blacker]

Kris Douglas wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kris Douglas <webbox.uk at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:03 AM
> Subject: OT: Small tremor just now? Earthquake?
> To: StaffSlug Linux UserGroup <staffslug at staffslug.org.uk>
>
>
> I'm no geologist.. But at 12:57 on 27th... I felt the whole house
>  shake... as in my monitor was moving, as was the stuff in my
>  cupboard... and there were no large vehicles passing outside.
>
>  The feeling was very weird, I couldn't say it was an earthquake... but
>  It was damn weird.
>
>  Thought I'd just let you know. I'm in Staffordshire near Leek and
>  Cheadle... FYI.
>
>  --
>  Kris Douglas
>       Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>       Web: www.softdel.net
>       Mail: 

Yes, felt it here in London just now.
http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/db/eqinfo.php shows it, apparently centred 
in Lincolnshire: 
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=53.35+N+0.28+W&ie=UTF8&ll=53.166534,0.192261&spn=1.560969,5.141602&z=8
#ubuntu-uk is abuzz with it.

Josh