 "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)")
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Britain's all shook up; Earthquake hits 5.2 on the Richter scale and rocks the nation.(News)
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Byline: By JAMES BELL and LISA HUTCHINSON
TREMORS hit Tyneside today as an earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale sent shock waves across the country.
Police received dozens of calls from residents who felt the quake shortly before 1am.
The epicentre was near Grimsby but people across Britain said they felt buildings shake.
Many said the tremors had been strong enough to wake them.
Police started receiving reports from people living in North and South Tyneside and even as far away as Hay-don Bridge in Northumberland.
A resident in a three-storey ...
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