# Minor earthquake hits UK!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/minor-earthquake-hits-uk/253086>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [February 27, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/minor-earthquake-hits-uk/253086 "2008-02-27T02:00:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![CreationsCentre](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/creationscentre/32/1373_2.png) [@CreationsCentre](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CreationsCentre)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/minor-earthquake-hits-uk/253086/1 "2008-02-27T02:00:22Z")

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[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm)

Our student residence shook for a good 15 seconds. That’s the first earthquake I’ve been in, and the first I’ve experienced personally in the UK. It was a magnitude 4.7. Did anyone else from the UK feel it?