Earthquake in the Midlands

BGS picked up something:

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(Time in UTC so an hour behind).
 
There's no such thing as an earthquake in the UK. They're called earth tremours instead because they're below the required number on the Ricter Scale that would classify it as an earthquake.

I remember the one in early 1990 when I was in primary school, in Shrewsbury, which was at the tremour's focal point. The school building shook for a few seconds accompanied by a grunting sound. The fire alarm sounded as per standard fire drill and we milled outside to the collection point, but otherwise the building itself was fine.
 
Oh, I felt a vibration a bit like someone was slamming a door in another room around then, that'll be what it was then!
 
ajf said:
Where is that on their site, struggling to find it.
Does it do historic as well?
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http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/data/home.html click on one of the squares on the map (some of them are inactive) and then click on the link on the pop-up. There is a date archive as well (you can also use the drop downs just above the map to select a station and see previous few days).
 
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Was just preparing to leave work when I got a message from a healthcare I work with to say her house, in Cheadle, had shaken quite violently. Felt nothing up at the RSUH though.
 
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