Anyone else feel it - just after 1 am? Worst one I've known here - the whole house shook.
Earthquake
Feb 27, 2008
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Nothing felt in NE Hampshire.
Same here, St Helens, Lancs.
Usenet reports from all over UK, but the BBC simply says a 'tremor' in the W Midlands
yes woke me up and I could feel it thumping me in the back through my bed for about 5-10 seconds afterwards, much stronger than the only previous one I've felt ...
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West Norfolk
approx 1am
approx 3-5 secs duration
No visible signs of building damage, no power outages
no worse than a truck going past here - where are you?
epicentre near kingston upon hull. 4.7 r
Nor in Southampton.
Pete
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes
What, you think anything exciting happens in Watford ?
A good 10 seconds I felt it for here in Blackool.
My house made creaks and other noises and I heard rumbling a bit like distant thunder
First one I've ever felt, really nasty
Not an underground Nuclear bomb test then?
Did she blame it on the tremor or did the skip suddenly dissapear. :-)
Small pic, you decide?
Which is a bit odd, because I felt it, and had it rattle things on the tables here in Cenral Hants. I had to hold down a TV which started to go for a walk.
That's the sound of the economy collapsing.
Buncefield isn't far away...
Heard 5.3 quoted just now. Having worked in California, I know you can get different estimates from different monitoring stations.
Doesn't the earth move for you?
The 4.7 was the first reading made available by the USGS, BGS later estimated 5.1 then revised it to 5.3
The BGS web site collapsed into a smouldering heap within 3 minutes of the quake, while the USGS one managed to collect 1000 "felt reports" and plot them on a map showing the epicentre within half an hour.
One of those combis that Drivel 'installed'.
Err, check the sig?
I was at the top of the house which was swinging side to side. The computer monitor rocking quite violently. Far worse than in a high wind. Quite scary.
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