Jeeeeeeez its 12.50am...and there was a massive tremor just now!! I'm not kidding !   My dog jumped a mile! It was like a low rumbling...then my house shook..Seriously !!!!!!  Fek fek fek...!!!   Did anyone else feel it?????   We had a small 'tremor' here a year or two back...but nothing like this !!!   My hearts going 10 to the dozen !!!!!   I don't like it                                                                                                                                                                                 

Yep had one here in Leeds. I was outside having a crafty smoke and it pinged me off the railing i was leaning on. Near crapped myself. Work has just gone mental!!!!!! 999 has lit up like a xmas tree                                                                                                                                                                              

and here in Northamptonshire too.   Feck it scared the living crap outta me!!!!                                                                                                                                                                             

same here. one heavy jolt...whole house shook about 12.57am                                                                                                                                                                             

Had 2 here, a small one then seconds later a bigger one. Very strange sensation                                                                                                                                                                              

the earth moved for you then dc?   I honestly thought the house was going to shake apart and the sound was weird!!!   I've got goose bumps now!!                                                                                                                                                                             

Its a long time since the earth moved like that for me!!!!                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                             

lol   4.7  on the reichter ..apparently !!                                                                                                                                                                              

And here, freaked me out, lasted about thirty  seconds.  Was sat here and the cabinets started shaking - woahhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!                                                                                                                                                                             

Lol @ DC...getting thrown off the railings !!!  :D   4.7 on the reichter ..apparently !!  oooooh eeeeerrr    lol                                                                                                                                                                              

Beeb now saying 5.1..best for 20yrs. This quote tickled me -   David Somerset, 41, from Driffield near Beverley in East Yorkshire, said: "I have never felt one as strong as that one before. I was in my sitting room and the grandfather clock was rattling rather violently. "It was very strong, I felt the whole room moving."                                                                                                                                                                              

How very quaint!                                                                                                                                                                              

i felt it too,good job my house didnt shake,its council and not in the best condition lol                                                                                                                                                                             

yep had 2 here as well scared the  **** out of me!                                                                                                                                                                               

  12.58 when it woke me.   According to BBC News it measured 5 on the Richter scale.   I dunno what size it was but it shook my bed so violently it set my sciatica off lol   Like Karey I was scared. I live on my own most of the time so it was a big shock when I felt like someone was shaking me awake.   Lol Katydevil, I'm in council property too and it's up for demolition, I thought they'd started already without letting me know.   I hope everyone is ok, and property not damaged. One lad in Wombwell (not far from Karey) had a chimney fall on his leg and has to have an operation on his leg today.                                                                                                                                                                                 

woke up to the bed shaking best time iv had in bed for ages                                                                                                                                                                              

awww pete,you dont get any tiffin then pmsl                                                                                                                                                                             

I must be an insensitive b**ch cos I never felt a thing up here near Durham!!   Damn, I missed out on the earth moving experience, just my luck.....!!!                                                                                                                                                                                

yeah strong rumblings in Nottingham too, the first rumblings woke me up immediately (light sleeper though!), felt as though a train had gone through my new house.  I've just moved and wondered if it was the area/house or something I'd done lol!?  Then the second wave came almost immediately and shook my house from the foundations up - rattled me and the bed I was still in - very scary and yes, earth moving, but not in the way Id like.  Freaky uh? I text my other half in Leics who was so freaked out he came hurtling down the M1 to me so I wasnt on my own and we spent the next couple of hours drinking tea and chatting about it lol!!!  Aaaaww nice to have him with me but not sure who was more scared or who was looking after who (big hard biker uh lmao!!!)  both knackered today, not much sleep but very different and exciting in a scary kind of way.  Hope all ok out there though!? Sandy x