Did the earth move for you? (From Hillingdon Times)

Did the earth move for you?

8:05am Wednesday 27th February 2008

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The biggest earthquake for a quarter of a century is reported to have hit England at 1am today.

The tremor was felt all the way from Newcastle in the north east to Southampton on the south coast with its epicentre near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire.

Many properties are said to have suffered structural damage but there is only one reported injury - a man was hit by bricks falling from a chimney stack.

Night shift staff working here at our offices felt the tremor.Computer screens began to shake and then they heard a loud rumble.They ran from the first floor to the ground floor to investigate but did not realise they were working through an earthquake.Staff photographer Jane Parr heard and felt the quake at her home in Rickmansworth. She said it sounded as though someone was running aross the roof of her home.

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