I know I haven’t posted in a while, but I thought this was worth posting about. At 12:56am GMT, the Midlands, UK was hit by an earthquake registering 5.3 on the Richter Scale. People all over the UK felt the tremor, including myself. It has been said that it is the largest to have been recorded in the UK for nearly 25 years.

I was about to shut down my laptop for the night when my bed started shaking uncontrollably. I’m not ashamed to say I did panic, as the shaking lasted for around 10 seconds. I was rather shaky as it was the first earthquake/tremor that I have encountered, and very surprised that none of my family felt it either due to the strength of the shaking.

All the details can be found on the BBC news site, along with some more at Sky News. There doesn’t seem to be much damage, a little structural damage to buildings maybe, but as far as I can tell, very few people have been hurt according to the news, which is a good thing.

Now all the worry is over, it has to be said that it was quite an exciting moment to my evening/early morning. I think I’ll finish up a few things on my laptop and try and get a good nights sleep. Please feel free to comment here about your experiences of the earthquake!