February 17th 2018 the western part of our country felt an 4.4 magnitude earthquake on a geological line from Liverpool to Devon, 15 miles from Port Talbot at Cwmllynfell around 2.30pm.
Yes, Britain does suffer occasionally from quakes when our ancient rocks have a bit of a "grumble" and fault lines slip or rocks settle. So The earthquake had its "epicentre" in South Wales and the referee of the Port Talbot v Taffs Wells FC game stopped play for a few minutes to let the ground and the confused footballers settle. PT eventually won the Welsh League game 2-1 after it was resumed.
You should know where Port Talbot is, but Taff's Wells is less well known and is a settlement in North Cardiff, known as the "Gates of the Valleys". Their football club was founded in 1946, play in the Welsh Football League Division 1 and won the South Wales FA Senior Cup in 2017.
If you haven't been in an earthquake, I have and this was in Christchurch in 1984. It was memorable, midnight and like being on a water bed, not that I have had an experience of a water bed! The house that we lived in during a year in New Zealand was destroyed by the latest event in the city. See the reamins below.
https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2018/02/football-in-christchurch-not-rugger-not.html
This is a car park for the school now but was the house where we lived for a year at 19 Gloucester Street!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghAvIJ76WVo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GActX268xHE It's true.....
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