Earthquake in UK 01:00 local time

[St_George]

Earthquake measuring 4.7 happened here at 01:00 local time. Epicentre is said to be 30 miles south of Kingston Upon Hull.

[sishow]

THis is why I am up now. Thought the house was going to come down. All the birds and the wild life out here, went mental from about 2 min before which actually woke me.

[Dupree00]

They're kind of fun after they're over. Good heart pumper. Does the UK get a lot of these?

[Nanook]

Hope you English BM's are OK and only a bit shaken, but not stirred... 55555555.....

[shez21]

Hope all BM's in that area are ok

[Soupdragon]

Not so far from where I grew up. Haven't heard anything from back home so presume the house is still standing.

Been a few big ones here in the last week 7+ in the same area as the one that caused the tsunami.

[floppy]

Just heard about it on the news..apprently a pretty big one caused about 3miilion pds worth of improvments to the area.....sorry bad taste I know 5

[eric-the-viking]

Apparantly certain areas of Manchester were badly affected-

Victims can be seen wandering aimlessly muttering : "Sorted",'Top' and 'ArrKid'


The Earthquake de***ated the area, causing approximately £30 worth of damage.


Several priceless collections of mementos from the Balearics and Spanish costas
were damaged.


Three areas of historic and scientifically significant litter were disturbed

Many were woken well before their giro arrived.

Thousands are confused and bewildered, trying to come to terms with the fact
that something interesting has happened in Manchester.

One resident, Donna-Marie Dutton, a 17 year old mother-of-three said "It was such a
shock,
little Chantal-Leanne came running into my bedroom crying.

My youngest two, Tyler-Morgan and Megan-Storm slept through it.


I was still shaking when I was watching Trisha this morning."

Apparently though, looting did carry on as normal.

The British Red Cross have so far managed to ship 4000 crates of Sunny Delight to
the area to help the stricken masses.


Rescue workers are still searching through the rubble and have found large
quantities of personal
belongings including benefit books and jewellery from Elizabeth Duke at Argos.

* HOW YOU CAN HELP

This appeal is to raise clothing and food parcels for those unfortunate enough to
be caught up in it.
Clothing is most sought after.

Items required include: -
Baseball caps
Fila Jackets
Heavy Twill Trousers (Male)
Shell Suits (Female)
Boots.
Food parcels may be harder to put together but necessary all the same.
Required foodstuffs include: -
Hollands Pies
Black Peas
Tripe and Onions
"Pigs Blood Pud"
Boddys Bitter

£2 buys chips, scraps and blue pop for a family of four


£10 can take a family to Salford for the day, where children can play on an
unspoiled canal bank
among the national collection of stinging nettles


22p buys a biro for filling in a spurious compensation claim


Please do not send tents for shelter,
as the sight of "posh" housing is unfair on the population of neighbouring areas of
Newton Heath and Moss side