Parts of Bermuda were "all shook up'' yesterday when earth tremors were felt between Devonshire and Warwick.

The Royal Gazette was besieged by telephone calls shortly after 4.15 p.m. when the tremors struck, rattling windows and shaking the ground.

Whether or not the shaking was caused by an earthquake was not confirmed as spokespersons from the Lamont Geological Observatory in New York or the US Geological Survey in Colorado were not available last night.

In 1994 an earth tremor was caused by a jet plane breaking the sound barrier.

Since the seismic station in Fort St. George was closed for economic reasons, local information on earthquakes has not been readily available.

Spice Hill resident Alfred Ratteray said his house began shaking and the windows rattled, but he thought it was just heavy equipment on the road outside his home.

When he looked outside and found nothing he guessed it was an earthquake.

Mr. Ratteray said the quake was "quite powerful as the house really rattled.

My house has a concrete floor and I could feel it trembling.'' Nearby at Dunscombe Road in Warwick, Mignonne Parsons said she was sitting on her bed when "everything started shaking''.

Nothing was damaged, she continued, as it was "very short, very quick'' although it was "quite strong''.

And over in Devonshire at Roberts Avenue, Royal Gazette receptionist Laura Grant said she was preparing to leave for work when things began to tremble.

She said: "I could feel it coming up through the floor.''