Did The Earth Move For You?

In the early hours of yesterday morning, just before 1 am, Cheltenham shook. As I was just about to go to bed I don't really have a photo of the tremor, so I took a photo of the BBC News website story. I spent most of yesterday thinking about what I could show, because I wanted to note the event, and this is all I came up with!

The epicentre was in Lincolnshire (about 200 miles away) and at 5.2 on the Richter scale its not the biggest quake ever but we still felt it in Cheltenham. I was sitting on the sofa when it started to vibrate, then the radiator started to rattle and the cat jumped of his bed. It was quite an eerie feeling, I had that cold feeling inside me and the hairs on my arms stood on end. Then it just stopped. It took me a moment to realise what it must of been (not a monster or ghost!). In the light of day I was surprised to hear how much of the country had felt it. Nationally no one was killed, only one injury sustained and nobodies house was destroyed. Compared to other earthquakes around the world this one was nothing much, but it was still quite an experience!