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Post by grant on Feb 27, 2008 12:44:12 GMT
Hello Everyone!
It's not often that we here in the UK have an earthquake, but in the early hours of this morning we did!!
It was just before 1am. I had not long logged off from the forum and had only been in bed for a few minutes. Everything began to tremble and then, for a few seconds, everything shook quite violently. I listened for alarms and crashing debris, but luckily, peace and quiet returned.
According to the media, the epicentre was in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, about 80 miles from where I live. It is reported to have measured 5.3 on the Richter scale and was said to be the strongest for 25 years.
It was also reported that it had been felt as far away as Ireland and Holland. I would be interested to hear if any of our members felt anything.
Best wishes
Grant
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Post by Nordly on Feb 27, 2008 12:45:59 GMT
ouch, sorry anyone who felt it
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Post by Mark on Feb 27, 2008 12:53:10 GMT
Hi Grant Yes - we did down here in Banbury !! I was just dropping off to sleep when it hit - I coudn't think what was going on to start with. We have floor to ceiling sliding wardrobe doors in our bedroom and these were rattling and shaking - I thought they were going to fall out  I guess it may have been stronger where you were Grant. Mark |
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Post by roger on Feb 27, 2008 13:23:23 GMT
Hi, I felt nothing down here in Sussex but I definitely heard a rumbling sound at about that time. I took no notice of it until I heard the news this morning. So, what does one do when an earthquake hits? A friend of mine in San Francisco once told me that, contrary to popular belief, people do not run screaming into the street... unless that's what they were going to do anyway!  Hope all is well with everyone in the affected area but, according to news reports, there was only minimal structural damage and only one minor injury. Roger |
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Post by Paddy on Feb 27, 2008 14:05:56 GMT
Hello Everyone! It's not often that we here in the UK have an earthquake, but in the early hours of this morning we did!! It was just before 1am. I had not long logged off from the forum and had only been in bed for a few minutes. Everything began to tremble and then, for a few seconds, everything shook quite violently. I listened for alarms and crashing debris, but luckily, peace and quiet returned. According to the media, the epicentre was in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, about 80 miles from where I live. It is reported to have measured 5.3 on the Richter scale and was said to be the strongest for 25 years. It was also reported that it had been felt as far away as Ireland and Holland. I would be interested to hear if any of our members felt anything. Best wishes Grant Hi, Grant, 'Glad you're ok. I heard nothing at all here (on the east coast of Ireland). Paddy |
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Post by stevemacdonald on Feb 27, 2008 14:19:29 GMT
The worst British quake in 26 years! Glad you all survived. As rare as they are in this part of the world, devastating quakes are not impossible if you wait long enough. In China, where they've been registering quakes for over 5000 years, its sometimes the case that a region can go fairly unquaked for 3000 years and then get a massive one. In the East Coast of the USA there are fault lines capable of delivering hugely destructive quakes, just that we've been keeping records for only 400 years, and, so far so good. I don't want to be there when the big one finally hits.
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Post by Richard on Feb 27, 2008 14:26:50 GMT
Hello everybody!  I didn't feel a thing last night. I was listening to the BBC Shipping Forecast at around that time, and there were gale warnings for North and South Utsire as usual, but the earth certainly didn't move for me in London.  Best Wishes, Richard  |
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Post by Caitlin on Feb 27, 2008 19:32:02 GMT
I felt it Grant! It was actually my second earthquake in my lifetime while in what are considered "non-earthquake" areas.
Naturally it was the topic of discussion at work and dinner today.
Did you know that in places such as San Francisco they have earthquake drills at school? Just as routinely as they have fire and tornado drills.
<3 Caitlin
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Post by grant on Feb 27, 2008 19:57:36 GMT
Did you know that in places such as San Francisco they have earthquake drills at school? Just as routinely as they have fire and tornado drills. Hi Caitlin I didn't know that! That's scary!  Love Grant |
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Post by dazza on Feb 27, 2008 20:12:40 GMT
Hi Everyone,
A few of you might know that I am almost always still up at that time, however the ONE night I actually decide to get an early night and I sleep through an earthquake!! Typical.
I am glad that nobody was seriously effected though with only one injury reported.
Dazza
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Post by Joe on Feb 28, 2008 4:40:41 GMT
Hi all,
This is the first time I am hearing of this earthquake in Lincolnshire! Good Lord... a 5.3 mag to boot.
Glad that was very little damage and injury. I'll want to check out some news reports at the BBC website.
Cheers,
Joe
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Post by postscript on Feb 28, 2008 19:28:33 GMT
Hello everybody! I didn't feel a thing last night. I was listening to the BBC Shipping Forecast at around that time, and there were gale warnings for North and South Utsire as usual, but the earth certainly didn't move for me in London. Best Wishes, Richard The earth rarely moves for me these days, I'm too old and long past it! Peter S  |
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Post by postscript on Feb 28, 2008 19:38:37 GMT
Did you know that in places such as San Francisco they have earthquake drills at school? Just as routinely as they have fire and tornado drills. Hi Caitlin I didn't know that! That's scary! Love Grant Ah! But you know what they say about San Francisco? If you are going to die it is the best place to die in. It is certainly a sentiment that would enable me to live there were I inclined to do this. That was certainly my reaction when I first visited. I noted the comment in my diary many moons ago.. 'I can understand how they can live there seemingly blissfully unaware, It is a wonderful city'. Peter S. |
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Post by socalboy on Feb 28, 2008 21:36:51 GMT
Did you know that in places such as San Francisco they have earthquake drills at school? Just as routinely as they have fire and tornado drills. <3 Caitlin Yes, here in southern California you grow up doing this somewhat regularly in school. However, the real quakes always seem to hit in the wee hours of the morning when you’re in bed, and there’s no training in the world that can prepare you. Our last really big one was in Northridge (just outside LA) in 1994 at about 6 am, and measured a 6.7. It was the first major earthquake to hit directly beneath an urban area of the United States since 1933. As earthquakes become more severe their magnitudes begin to increase exponentially, so the difference between a 5.3 and a 6.7 is huge. A number of buildings were destroyed, there was widespread structural damage and there was loss of life. Unlike other natural disasters, with earthquakes there is basically no warning, you have no idea how long it will last while you’re in the middle of it, and you don’t know if the rumbling and shaking will get worse or subside. Usually, there are many aftershocks, some as bad as the original quake. The Northridge quake severely shook our house for about two minutes which is an eternity under the circumstances. At the time my sons were 5 and 3, and it takes a long time for kids to recover from the trauma. So there you have it. You should pass a law to keep them out of the UK. |
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Post by Stephany on Feb 28, 2008 22:03:25 GMT
Did you know that in places such as San Francisco they have earthquake drills at school? Just as routinely as they have fire and tornado drills. <3 Caitlin Yes, here in southern California you grow up doing this somewhat regularly in school. We had the same thing in Japan. When I lived in Tokyo, we had earthquake drills quite often. I didn't feel a thing for the one we've just got in England. I think I was just to sleepy  Stephany |
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