Earthquake!

There was an earthquake here this morning, about 6.20am. Reports say it measured 4.7 on the Richter scale and the epicentre was around 20km east of here - between Malmö and Ystad.

I woke up to the sound of a big bang, and the house shook for about 20 seconds as it tailed off. It's the biggest earthquake in Sweden since 1904 - that one was a 6 - much bigger. No damage here to report, but there were a lot of calls to emergency services and may be some cracks in building facades. It could be felt across the water in Copenhagen.

See the news report here and the US geological survey report here.