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EARTHQUAKE FELT IN DORSET

3:40pm Wednesday 27th February 2008

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THE earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook England early on Wednesday morning.

One man was injured when a chimney fell through his bedroom ceiling and many homes and businesses were damaged by the tremor.

The quake's epicentre was near Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire, but people across England said they felt buildings shaking shortly before 1am. Many said the tremors had been strong enough to wake them.

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A man from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, was taken to hospital after a chimney collapsed and fell into his bedroom. A spokeswoman for South Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: "We had an emergency call to Wombwell, Barnsley. A chimney had come through the bedroom roof."

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She said the man suffered injuries to his pelvis and was taken to Barnsley District Hospital.

She said the service had received only two calls relating to the earthquake - the second was from someone who was frightened.

East Midlands Ambulance Service, which covers Lincolnshire, said there had been a lot of emergency calls but no reports of injuries. "Most of them were from elderly people who were quite frightened," a spokeswoman said.

Humberside Fire and Rescue Service dealt with around 200 calls about the earthquake overnight but said they were still dealing with incidents.

A spokesman said: "We've still got some active incidents as daylight has come and people have seen the damage. People are waking up and going to work and finding bits have been displaced on chimney stacks or garden walls."

The spokesman said the worst-hit area appeared to be Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, but other areas affected included Cleethorpes, Goole, Bridlington and Hull. The North West Ambulance Service said its crews had reported feeling the tremor from Macclesfield to Southport, but they had not heard of any injuries. Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service confirmed they had received reports of tremors but no reports of injuries.

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Carl Barron, Dorset says...
9:38am Wed 27 Feb 08

For those who wish to be updated on such issues here is a link to a web site that has 'Global Weather Hurricane & Earth Quake Data' the global map on Earth Quake Data updates every 30 minutes .

Link below copy paste into browser:

http://dorsetvisualg
uide.co.uk/weather1.
htm

Complements of 'Dorset Visual Guide'

http://dorsetvisualg
uide.co.uk

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dean3020, Norwich says...
9:45am Wed 27 Feb 08

yep definitely felt the house shake. doubt whether much would have been felt in Bournemouth though, too far from the epicentre surely?

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simon, bournemouth says...
10:12am Wed 27 Feb 08

yep, i felt this. It was very gentle and lasted approx 30 seconds. I had a glass of milk on a coffee table in front of me, and it was enough to form ripples. Might have been a bit harder to notice otherwise. It was very gentle, and at first i thought id maybe trapped a vein or a nerve or something (it happens sometimes that you can feel your own heratbeat, and i was in a feotal position!)but then i noticed ripples on the top of my milk!

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simon, bournemouth says...
10:15am Wed 27 Feb 08

by the way, i live on the forth floor of a five floor block. Maybe as im a little way off the floor, that could be why the building slightly shook? am not sure really.

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the owl, bere regis says...
10:18am Wed 27 Feb 08

My old pal was in a Northampton lap dancing club he said the 5' 9" blond on his lap never moved that much before.

The Earth done a wobble.

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Very Old Man, Poole says...
10:40am Wed 27 Feb 08

dean3020 wrote:
yep definitely felt the house shake. doubt whether much would have been felt in Bournemouth though, too far from the epicentre surely?
T'was felt in Poole High Street too-though not as strongly as further north, it was a very definate shaking of the chair I was sat in at that time.

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the owl, Shaken out of my tree. says...
10:50am Wed 27 Feb 08

10:40am above today; I hope you took advantage of it!

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Charlie, says...
10:58am Wed 27 Feb 08

TREMORS have been felt across England and Wales, according to eyewitness reports this morning.
How can there be eyewitnesses - they couldn't see the earthquake, only see or feel the effects of it.

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Simon, Leighton Buzzard says...
1:26pm Wed 27 Feb 08

Felt it up here in Beds. Woke me up - felt like someone was rocking the bed and the wardrobes were rattling for about 15 secs. Took about an hour to get back to sleep! Another life experience to tick off!

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Hot Space, Northampton says...
1:27pm Wed 27 Feb 08

I was watching TV with my girlfriend who has popped up from Bournemouth and the house was shaking like hell and it was only this morning that I've notice that some of the window sills are damaged - naughty earthquake.....

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nightowl, Boscombe says...
1:35pm Wed 27 Feb 08

I felt the earthquake for about 5 to 10 seconds in Boscombe. The sofa I was sitting on shook and I considered going outside in case it got stronger.

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Tru Belle, purbeck says...
2:00pm Wed 27 Feb 08

Google -

'IRIS SEISMIC MONITOR'

amazing site with all the quake news and rumbles you could ever possibly want

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Thinker, Bournemouth says...
3:04pm Wed 27 Feb 08

I thought i'd felt it too, but then i realised that my flat mate had eaten a very large pizza for dinner . . .

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the owl, bere regis 9a says...
4:49pm Wed 27 Feb 08

It shook my wig off! woke up looking in mirror and thought whats that droopy jowled bald headed old git doing in here.


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godzilla, hamworthy says...
7:10am Thu 28 Feb 08

Thought it was my imagination when I felt the bed move, and it wasn't my husband thundering into to bed as he was asleep downstairs lol I definately felt a movement but thought nothing of it until i saw the morning news.

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Mr Angry, Bournemouth says...
7:51am Thu 28 Feb 08

How many of you lonley fools are just pretending you felt the quakes? I don't know anyone I work with (50+) that felt it. Seems like a bit of attention seeking to me.

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godzilla, hamworthy says...
9:04am Thu 28 Feb 08

Mr Angry wrote:
How many of you lonley fools are just pretending you felt the quakes? I don't know anyone I work with (50+) that felt it. Seems like a bit of attention seeking to me.
not lonely thank you have a very lovely husband

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simon, bournemouth says...
9:42am Thu 28 Feb 08

Mr Angry wrote:
How many of you lonley fools are just pretending you felt the quakes? I don't know anyone I work with (50+) that felt it. Seems like a bit of attention seeking to me.
it has been well reported that small shocks were felt in dorset. what a thoroughly sad individual you are. your names says it all really.

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Mr Angry, Bournemouth says...
10:49am Thu 28 Feb 08

Its also been well documented that people crave attention on the internet, by posing as someone or something else.

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snoff, Poole says...
2:23pm Thu 28 Feb 08

Mr Angry wrote:
How many of you lonley fools are just pretending you felt the quakes? I don't know anyone I work with (50+) that felt it. Seems like a bit of attention seeking to me.
are you really angry???

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Mr Angry, Bournemouth says...
3:03pm Thu 28 Feb 08

Yep, Are you really snoff?

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Carl Barron, Dorset says...
3:49pm Thu 28 Feb 08

Was it 'One Quake' or a series of quakes?

After reading the comment threads on the Echo both length and breath of Britain yesterday. There is a huge time span ranging from proximately 12.55pm 26th /02/08 till 7.25 am 27th /02/08.

Although many comments need to be taken with a pinch of salt so to speak. Further investigation may prove fruitful?

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the owl, bere says...
4:10pm Thu 28 Feb 08

Mr Angry wrote:
How many of you lonley fools are just pretending you felt the quakes? I don't know anyone I work with (50+) that felt it. Seems like a bit of attention seeking to me.
are you really angry???

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Mr Angry, Bournemouth says...
4:37pm Thu 28 Feb 08

Are you really an Owl?

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the owl, says...
4:46pm Thu 28 Feb 08

Yep, Twit toø¤ºº¤ø Youø¤ºº¤øø¤ºº¤ø,

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Cyberbia, Bournemouth says...
7:53am Fri 29 Feb 08

I was in Hillsborough in Sheffield on Wednesday morning - about 45 miles away from Market Rasen and we certainly felt the quake up there! The fist I knew was a roaring sound and then the house jolted. No damage in Hillsborough, although a poor lad 5 miles away in Wombwell had his pelvis broken when his chimney came through his bedroom ceiling.

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Gerry, Lincolnshire says...
3:32pm Fri 29 Feb 08

I was woken by what I thought was the wind. It was as though a gust had smacked into the bedroom window. I had no idea it was a quake because we've never experienced anything similar in these parts. 5.2 does sound impressive, though I still can't believe anyone back in Bournemouth could have felt it.

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the owl, BERE says...
3:47pm Fri 29 Feb 08

We have all survived an EARTHQUAKE WOW I have seen more woble on a co-op jelly.

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frood, Bournemouth says...
4:42pm Fri 29 Feb 08

I'm gutted! I was awake at the time but didn't even notice it. Perhaps I quake naturally.

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madvelez, Boscombe East says...
9:46pm Fri 29 Feb 08

Mr Angry wrote:
How many of you lonley fools are just pretending you felt the quakes? I don't know anyone I work with (50+) that felt it. Seems like a bit of attention seeking to me.
Why would people pretend to feel an earthquake? They were probably all nicely tucked up in bed where they should have been. I thought my bed was being shaken by a ghost (had been watching Most Haunted earlier though!)

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