OT earthquake felt - notts @ about 01:00 27 feb 08

[dave]

felt 2 shocks - small then bigger one eartquake - notts about 01:00 27 feb 08

[Martin Crossley]

Just the bigger one in Stockport Cheshire/ Gtr Manchester.

[Andy Burns]

magnitude 4.7, 30 miles south of Hull

[dave]

helicopter. They fly pretty low over here and it was a remarkably similar sound- that kind of heavy pulsing. In fact that's what I thought it was. Sounds came, then mild vibration to building - faded, came a second time , much stronger and louder. Est. about 5-10 seconds overall.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Ditto here Newmarket area.

Must have been a big crunch somewhere.

[dom]

Very good description, much the same heard here - West Norfolk

[Andy Burns]

I didn't hear anything, but I was asleep for the start of it, felt a strong periodic vertical shaking through the bed, between 1 and 2Hz I'd say.

The previous one I felt, I did hear hear it, sounded like a skip of bricks being dropped onto concrete followed by the windows rattling like a bus was parked outside and piles of change vibrated on the cupboards.

Yes it definitely faded away

[geoff]

In message , dave writes

did you DIY ?

did ... the earth move for you ?

[Andrew Gabriel]

Didn't notice anything in Hampshire. I was still up at the time, maybe would have noticed it if I was in bed.

[MM]

And here, 2 miles from The Wash in Lincs (near Spalding). It was VERY noticeable. I'm surprised that there is no discernible structural damage that I can detect. I really thought the house was about to collapse around me.

But what about hidden structures, like the drains? Or the water/heating pipework?

MM

[Andy Burns]

There's not likely to be much relative movement between objects within a house, just the whole lot moving about as one, loose bits might drop off, but I don't think you need worry too much.

[Ron Lowe]

We are in Aberdeen, NE Scotland.

My wife asked me in the following evening if I could remember her getting up in the wee small hours of the previous night. ( I couldn't! She sleeps lightly, I sleep heavily! )

Aparently, her string of beads that lives draped over the free-standing full-length mirror began clanking off the mirror glass in the wee small hours, like there was a vibration in the house.

She got up and went downstairs, thinking the washing machine or dishwasher had failed to switch off or something. She could not feel any vibration herself. Finding nothing amiss, she came back up, but the beads were still clanking! She removed the beads and went back to bed.

Following day, we hear of the earthquake. We're 99% sure this was the cause.

[Mary Fisher]

Hmm - not too sure bout that. Strange things happen in Aberdeen ... :-(

Mary