I normally work nights but off this week and I was woken by it .
The bed started shaking and I could hear the rumbling ,wondered what the hell was going on until I fully woke up .
My initial thought was someone was shaking the bed 
paul@midway:
I normally work nights but off this week and I was woken by it .
The bed started shaking and I could hear the rumbling ,wondered what the hell was going on until I fully woke up .
My initial thought was someone was shaking the bed
just down the road and didnāt feel a thing. me and the misses slept right through it 
jon
The tremor woke me up, the room shook a bit and ornaments rattled for a few secondsā¦ and that was thatā¦ Or would have been if we didnt live right alongside Wilton chemical works, Almost directly afterwards the plant behind the village vented off pressure and lit the flare stack, which sounds like a jet engine going off.
They never usually do this at night because of the noise so I assume it was a safety precaution. 
Felt it here to and got blamed for it.
I thought you fell out of bed she said 
Id just nearly dozed when it happend It felt and sounded like a convoy goin passed the bedroom window it woke the mrs up and she nearly ā ā ā ā herself but i was just confused not scared just more confused. The mrsās uncle lives in bourne he said it knocked a wardrobe over in his spare bedroom
Rikki-UK:
The tremor woke me up, the room shook a bit and ornaments rattled for a few secondsā¦ and that was thatā¦ Or would have been if we didnt live right alongside Wilton chemical works, Almost directly afterwards the plant behind the village vented off pressure and lit the flare stack, which sounds like a jet engine going off.They never usually do this at night because of the noise so I assume it was a safety precaution.
Wiltonās at Redcar!! Love it! 
The only place Iāve been where you have to have an induction and watch a DVD before they let you on site!!
TM - āWhat do you mean youāre sat watching a DVD about evacuation proceduresā ā ?!!! Stop ā ā ā ā ā ā ā hanging the job out you lazy ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā
I felt it here too. Iām off work this week. I was still awake, just dozing off, heard a noise, felt a rumble followed by the cat digging her claws into me. 
EARTHQUAKE ROCKS MANCHESTER:
A major earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale hit in the early hours of this morning, with the epicentre in Salford.
The earthquake decimated the area causing approximately Ā£30 worth of damage.
Several priceless collections of mementos from the Toe Rag Badge of Honour Appreciation Society and Scumbag Hall were damaged beyond repair.
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My youngest two, Tyler-Morgan and Megan-Storm slept through it all. I was still shaking when I was watching Jerry Springer this morning".
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I felt it whilst watching Shaun Of The Dead on telly around 1am, thought the zombies were trying to get me!
It nrealy fired me out of bed. The noise was really scary like a plane was coming in to crash.
Dont fancy that too often.
The largest earthquake to hit Britain for almost quarter of a century was felt across large parts of England in the early hours of this morning.
Its epicentre was 15 miles north of Lincoln, near Market Rasen, and the British Geological Survey reported the 10 second earthquake as measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale - the largest in Britain since 1984.
PMSL at bestbooties.
I felt it, it woke me up. I turned over and went back to sleep.
All the coments today on the radio made me laugh.
Never felt a thing - slept right through it - apparently wife was downstairs watching tele and started screaming - really 
I never felt nuffink innit
i was on the bike at 01.00 and a big crack followed me up the roadā¦ when i got home i realised it was my arseā¦ 
The tremor was also felt in Ellesmere Port.
Fortunately, no injuries or damage.
nothing here !
dave:
i was on the bike at 01.00 and a big crack followed me up the roadā¦ when i got home i realised it was my arseā¦
ROFL!
I never felt this one, but I did get woken up by the Dudley one a few years ago
Fast asleep and stayed that wayā¦my mum woke up apparently, so she said.
i woke up and just thought a container had been dropped again by felixstowe port
i was in bed when it started shaking,
Was at my mothers near Retford.Had just gone to bed when the whole house shook .Brought down part of the chimney stack but luckily it didnāt go through the roof.