There was an Earthquake today in the UK.

Magnitude 4.7
Date-Time Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 00:56:45 UTC
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 12:56:45 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 53.321°N, 0.314°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Distances 50 km (30 miles) S of Kingston upon Hull, England, UK
70 km (45 miles) NE of Nottingham, England, UK
80 km (50 miles) E of Sheffield, England, UK
205 km (125 miles) N of LONDON, United Kingdom

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.8 km (4.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 50, Nph= 50, Dmin=291.4 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Gp= 54°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID us2008nyae

The media claimed that the earthquake was of magnitude 5.2 to 5.4.

What do you mean claimed? it WAS 5.2 and as far as friends told me it was felt in Cambridgeshire.