09 september 2011

The vibrations were much of the country feel

(Automatic translation from Dutch to English, edited)

EARTHQUAKE IN THE NETHERLANDS (Telegraaf.nl, September 8 2011)

UPDATE 22.00 hours in the vicinity of Nijmegen at 21.00 Thursday night was a mild earthquake. It had a magnitude of 4.6 on the Richter scale. The vibrations were much of the country feel. "At exactly 21.04 hours everything was shaking, about 5 to 6 seconds", allows a resident of Pigeon (Ontario) know to De Telegraaf. The slight earthquake was also felt in northern Limburg, Maastricht, Arnhem and Hilversum. A resident of the latter city has announced that his greenhouse has been damaged by vibrations. Many people are very frightened by the quake. In Venlo, people panic even in the streets.

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