The nation awoke today to the news that the biggest earthquake in 25 years had just rocked our collective worlds; interestingly, I slept right through it, though it seems the Midlands had it bad - a grand total of 1 chimney fell over. It's not quite living on the San Andreas Faultline, is it? We're pretty lucky in this country in that even notable earthquakes barely shake the leaves off the trees - even our biggest rumble didn't amount to much:
The largest earthquake ever recorded in the UK happened in 1931, and measured 6.1 on the Richter Scale; the epicentre was near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea, 120km north-east of Norfolk.
Apparently it registered as far afield as Scandinavia; I wondered if it prompted the lame 'did the earth move for you?' double entendres splashed across all the papers today (you'll notice I've stretched for a different pun to title this entry, and have perhaps fallen short). Incidentally, the Dogger Bank is absolutely massive, and is the remains of the land that used to join Britain to mainland Europe. I'd imagine there are a few Mail readers who'd soil themselves just thinking about that. Dogger is also the second sandbank to feature in QFK, which slightly concerns me as I was hoping to focus on slightly funkier issues than expanses of empty, wet sand surrounded by sea. Still, there's always tomorrow...
The largest earthquake ever recorded in the UK happened in 1931, and measured 6.1 on the Richter Scale; the epicentre was near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea, 120km north-east of Norfolk.
Apparently it registered as far afield as Scandinavia; I wondered if it prompted the lame 'did the earth move for you?' double entendres splashed across all the papers today (you'll notice I've stretched for a different pun to title this entry, and have perhaps fallen short). Incidentally, the Dogger Bank is absolutely massive, and is the remains of the land that used to join Britain to mainland Europe. I'd imagine there are a few Mail readers who'd soil themselves just thinking about that. Dogger is also the second sandbank to feature in QFK, which slightly concerns me as I was hoping to focus on slightly funkier issues than expanses of empty, wet sand surrounded by sea. Still, there's always tomorrow...
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