Big enough to make CNN News!

(CNN) -- A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook Britain early Wednesday, centered on the east coast north of London, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The quake's center was about 125 miles (205 km) north of London in York. It struck just before 0100 GMT.

"It felt pretty scary," Haydn Jones of Nottingham, who lives in a third-floor apartment, told CNN. He said he has lived abroad in Japan and knew immediately what it was, but felt that a lot of those in England "didn't really know what was going on."

Jones likened the feeling to "someone very big and angry jumping on the ceiling below you, rather than the floor."

He believed the shaking lasted about 10 seconds, but said, "time sort of stands still for you." He said there was no damage in his area.

The USGS classifies earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 to magnitude 4.9 as "light."

Earthquakes frequently hit Britain -- between 200 and 300 annually, according to the British Geological Survey, although most have a magnitude of less than 2. Earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.0 to 4.9 hit mainland Britain about once every two years and strike beneath the North Sea about once per year.

it was actually centred near a town called Market Rasen in Lincolnshire. There was minor structural damage and 1 injury...a chimney caved in to a man's bedroom and onto him... he is said to have a broken Pelvis.

We just had a bit of shake and rattle...no roll though...

It took me ages to get to slep though as I was quite shaky lol and a big scaredy cat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm

-- Edited by pipsar6 at 02:24, 2008-02-27

Glad to hear you are OK....hope the family escaped without too much interfearence....

oh, my!

good to hear y'all are safe!

Wow, that's scary. I'm glad you and the family are all right.