Did the Earth Move for You?

Last night I experienced my first earthquake tremor. I was sitting downstairs on the laptop (not *on* the laptop, that would be foolish! Working on the laptop) and I heard a loud bang. I thought Rich had fallen over upstairs, or something had broken. Then there was a gradual increase in trembling and the whole house shook…for a second I thought a massive train had gone by, but as the shaking didn’t stop I realised that it was an earthquake tremor. Such a strange sensation.  I heard some of our resident blackbirds outside get a bit spooked by it too. Doesn’t appear to be any damage this morning though.