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Tell us your earthquake stories - "It knocked our budgie off his perch"


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YES - that really was an earthquake last night. We want to hear how your stories about how it affected you.
Has your house been damaged? Were you having a stangely restless sleep beforehand? Did you think it was burglars, or people on the roof?

  • Earthquake shakes Mansfield


  • VIDEO: Chad readers' earthquake experiences


We want to hear your reactions - so sign in and leave a message below. Alternatively, call the newsdesk on 01623 450309 - and we will print your comments in Chad next week.

And as you leave your comments we will place them on our special Earthquake Map.

Have you got pictures or videos? Then email them to website@chad.co.uk.

It is the first tremor to hit the area since September 2002, when the effects of a quake in Dudley in the West Midlands was felt by thousands of householders.

Already many Chad readers and website users have contacted us with their comments, including:

Tracy Mounsey, of Creswell, told us: "I felt the earthquake at 12.57am this morning whilst watching the TV. I thought a train or lorry was coming towards the house ... the whole house moved and everything was shaking....it was scary."

Sam, of Sutton, said: "It felt like a lorry had hit the house and there was a type of loud rubble. My wife said she felt like the house moved around her. It knocked our budgie off his perch and he was terrified, flapping around the bottom of cage. Very weird!"

Mark Seabrooke, of Mansfield, added: "My wife and I were awoken at 01.00 by the whole house shaking."

Join the discussion below and we will publish a selection of your comments in next week's Chad.

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  • Last Updated: 27 February 2008 7:09 PM
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BarneyB,

Woodhouse 27/02/2008 08:29:37
I was too sleepy to really know what was going on, beforehand anyway. I couldn't sleep for hours after, the adrenaline I suppose. I didn't quite believe it until I read it again this morning. Thankfully my house is fine. Dog's a bit spooked though!
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dot,

27/02/2008 08:53:03
Wow! Thought it was a train going by at first, then realised I don't live near a rail line. Everything was shaking, ornaments fell of a shelf. This was worse than the one in the 90s in Mansfield!
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Red,

27/02/2008 09:30:46
Our house was shaking for around 10 seconds, it was very scary and I honestly thought the house was coming down!! It was worse than the one in 2002. Thankfully, we had no damage - but it could have been a lot worse.
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whoknows,

27/02/2008 09:31:29
I can remember waking up in the middle of the night, thinking wow was that a earthquake.
I just put it down to a dream.
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dawn 1,

meden vale 27/02/2008 10:00:36
wow,how scary,we had been having trouble with our plumbing,after about 30 seconds my husband and i realised this was not our plumbing,couldent sleep afterwards.Yep,very scary.
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Adam Vickers,

Mansfield Woodhouse 27/02/2008 10:03:29
I was awakened by a loud rumbling and heavy shaking, didn't know what it was at first, i was also in Birmingham when the 2002 quake hit. strange feeling , how random!
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lorraine.j,

mansfield woodhouse 27/02/2008 11:48:09
i woke at about 1am i heard a rumble then my bed shook i sat up thinking somebody was shaking my bed my husband was asleep next to me and did'nt hear or feel a thing i thought i was dreaming as i have never felt or heard one before
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kerry.j,

mansfield woodhouse 27/02/2008 12:10:26
i woke to the sound of rumbling just before 1am then my bed started shaking i wondered what was happening as ive never experienced anything like this before i thought i was in the film the exorcist it was very scary my daughters were asleep neither of them heard or felt a thing nor did my dog what a good guard dog he is
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