I must have drunk too much tea last night before going to bed, as I needed to go to the toilet so many times during the night.
Listening to the radio, BBC Radio Five Live, all night with my little ear piece, I heard the news.
Just before 1am, the UK was hit by an earthquake, at 5.2 on the Richter scale, centered on Market Rasen in county of Lincolnshire in the East of England.
The UK is not susceptible to earthquakes, not laying on any major fault lines or the movements of the tectonic plates. But, about every thirty years, the UK experiences, what in UK terms is considered a major earthquake. The last one occurred 24 years ago, and measured 5.4 on the Richter scale.
Living in Kingston upon Thames, London, I felt nothing, yet on the radio, people from many parts of the UK reported feeling their beds move, windows and doors moaning, houses creaking, dogs barking and birds singing.
The last time I felt the Earth move for me was in Turkey. It was the only time I have experienced an earthquake. Sitting on a high stool, giving an NLP course in Ankara, (click for pictures), the chair began to move from side to side, just for a few seconds.
Last night nothing for me.
Categories