Earthquake hits UK

An earthquake was felt across large parts of England in the early hours of this morning. Tremors were felt areas including Merseyside, Birmingham, Leicestershire, Bedfordshire, Northampton, Norfolk, Surrey and Greater London - including the offices of Telegraph.co.uk, near Victoria Station.The five-second tremor struck at 00.55am.Its epicentre was 15 miles north of Lincoln, near Market Rasen, and the United States Geological Survey reported the earthquake measured 4.7 on the Richter scale according to initial measurements.A spokeswoman for Lincolnshire Police said they had received dozens of phone calls about the tremor and some damage to homes had been reported.Ian Gilmore, 63 from Rainford near St Helens on Merseyside was watching a film when he felt the tremor. His wife Patricia was also woken up and rushed downstairs to see what had happened.Mr Gilmore said: "It was incredible - I have never felt anything like it."A resident in Norfolk described it as a"a real mover and shaker".She said: "It was like a big juggernaut coming down the road The whole house shook - it was a real bone shaker"Richard Sprakes of Thorne in South Yorkshire was asleep when the tremor shook his house and woke him up. "It was pretty scary I can tell you. Stuff was falling off the shelves. It was pretty rough."Other witnesses reported to Sky News that wildlife - birds and pets- becoming highly agitated as the ground shook.The West Midlands was hit by an earthquake in 2002 in the Dudley area that reached 5.0 on the Richter scale and caused damage to homes. y hours of this morning.

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