Magnitude 4.8 - ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

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2008 February 27 00:56:45 UTC

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Magnitude	4.8
Date-Time	Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 00:56:45 UTC Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 12:56:45 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	53.321°N, 0.314°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Distances	40 km (25 miles) S of Kingston upon Hull, England, UK 75 km (45 miles) NE of Nottingham, England, UK 80 km (50 miles) E of Sheffield, England, UK 210 km (130 miles) N of LONDON, United Kingdom
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 6.8 km (4.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST= 50, Nph= 50, Dmin=291.4 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Gp= 54°, M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source	British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Event ID	us2008nyae

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One person injured and buildings damaged in Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Felt (V) at Barnsley, Bedworth, Beeston and Stapleford, Bentley, Beverley, Bicester, Boston, Brigg, Brighouse, Chesterfield, Chorley, Doncaster, Droitwich, East Retford, Eaton Socon, Failsworth, Grantham, Grimsby, Heywood, Hinckley, Ilkeston, Kingston upon Hull, Leicester, Lincoln, Long Eaton, Loughborough, Mablethorpe and Sutton, Mansfield, Matlock, Melton Mowbray, Mold, Morley, Newark, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Skegness, Sleaford, Spalding-Pinchbeck, Stamford, Whitefield and Worksop. Felt widely in the United Kingdom, north to Arbroath, southwest to Falmouth-Penryn and east to Great Yarmouth. Also felt at Douglas, Isle of Man; Antwerp, Brussels and Gent, Belgium; Aniche, France; Letterkenny, Ireland and Haarlem, The Netherlands.

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