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Did the earth move for you last night?

If you were fast asleep you may have missed it, but my whole home shook from side to side as Alfreton, Derbyshire experienced its biggest earthquake for years.

The tremor was big enough to shake whole house and wake most people up from their sleep.

The shock wave was felt as far away as Leiciester and at 1.14am as i write this, there is no local or internet news reporting.

27th February 2008 at 1.04am Derbyshire in the East Midlands experienced a large earthquake.

Log on and tell us about your expediences of the earth tremor.

The quake was a rather small tremor for 2 or 3 seconds to begin. I was sat down at the time in a swivel chair and it felt like the chair was bouncing. However something made me feel that the sensation was "unnatural". I've never experienced an Earthquake before. After the first tremor ended a second much more powerful one began (two or three seconds later) which shook the whole place for around 5 or 6 seconds - i could feel the whole building shaking from side to side - I thought it could be either a bomb (nuclear or something of that nature) then i rationalised it was an earthquake. UK News reports at 01.52am GMT damage to buildings and property in Lincolnshire - near to the epicentre.