It's just gone 1.00am, and the floor and walls have stopped shaking. Various birds outside have stopped squawking, I've just returned to bed, after running around to see whether an enormous tree had fallen on or near the house. All seems good. Kids are OK. Mrs Kittenhead is still asleep. Cats are a bit freaked out. Think we've just had an earthquake.
Nothing about it on the BBC news as yet. However, I note that the 1st and 3rd most read articles are http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6602677.stm and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6940546.stm, both about earthquakes that occurred in Kent and Manchester in 2007, so it looks as other people have had a sudden spontaneous desire to read BBC articles about earthquakes. (So, the way to find out really breaking news appears to be to look at what other people have been searching for!)
I guess it was real. Let's see what the News says tomorrow.
Update : 1:18 - it's just been confirmed on the news; tremors have been felt in Darlington, London and Nottingham. This is my first earthquake. It rocked!
Posted by nikn