I didn't tell Pamela that the we are living in is an earthquake zone here in Spain until after we'd arrived. Obviously that fact wasn't covered by her Geography lessons in school.
However it seems that the country we left behind doesn't get away Scott free as far as earthquakes are concerned. The country experienced a huge earth tremor at 12.56am yesterday morning which was felt by people from Yorkshire to the South Coast.
Thousands of people reported their homes being shaken violently and furniture moving and hundreds more took to the streets for safety and to check for damage.
The epicentre of the tremor, which measured 5.3 on the Richter scale according to the British Geological Survey, was centred on the village of Holton cum Beckering, about 15 miles northeast of Lincoln. According to the US Geological Survey, the epicentre was 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) from the Earth’s surface.
The tremor is the biggest in Britain since 1984 when north Wales was hit by a quake which registered at 5.4 on the Richter scale.
There was some damage to property but thankfully nobody was reported to be injured.
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