Earthquake shakes Belper.

From: Belper News (Belper, England) | Date: February 27, 2008 | Copyright information

The biggest earthquake to hit Britain for 25 years shook Belper in the early hours of this morning.

The earthquake - which struck just before 1am - measured 5.2 on the Richter scale, equivalent to the explosion of more than 1,000 tons of TNT, according to the British Geological Survey.

It said the epicentre was 6.2 miles from the Earth's surface under the hamlet of Holton cum Beckering, near Market Rasen - about 15 miles north of Lincoln.

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