ロンドンの地震？

There was a fairly strong earthquake in the Kanto area today, reaching 4.7 on the Japanese Seismic Intensity Chart in some areas.

I dont know what that is on the Richter Scale, but so you get a picture, lets just see how that adds up in simple English:
1: Felt by only by a few people in the building.
2: Felt by many people in the building. Some sleeping people awake.
3: Felt by most people in the building. Some people are frightened.
4: Many people are frightened. Some people try to escape from danger. Most sleeping people awake.
5-: Most people try to escape from danger, some finding it difficult to move.
5+: In many cases, unreinforced concrete-block walls collapse and tombstones overturn. Many automobiles stop due to difficulty in driving. Occasionally, poorly installed vending machines fall.
6-: In some buildings, wall tiles and windowpanes are damaged and fall.
6+: In many buildings, wall tiles and windowpanes are damaged and fall. Most unreinforced concrete-block walls collapse
7: In most buildings, wall tiles and windowpanes are damaged and fall. In some cases, reinforced concrete-block walls collapse.

I, too, felt an earthquake in London today. Maybe a bit different to Tokyo, but an earthquake all the same. Even if it was in my own little world. At work, a colleague bumped into my desk by accident. Me, fully indulged in work (a first!), didn’t realise that this is what had happened until about 5 seconds later. The desk shock, my monitor shook, and my heart skipped a beat. My brain went into ‘earthquake mode’ and I froze waiting to see how strong it was going to be. I’ve had these ‘phantom earthquakes’ before since coming back from Japan, (heck, I had them in Japan along with the real ones!) but I haven’t had one for a long while at least, not one that seemed so 'real'.

...Luckily I snapped out of it before I dived under my desk...
(imagine the embarrasment..!!)