Earth tremor in the UK

[M H]

Did anyone else in the UK feel the earth tremor? I'm in nottingham, and my flat was shaking, was at about 1am.....

[jamyna]

I definitely felt a vibration then also! I'm in London though, so im surprised I could feel it from here, but a strange wobblin sensation none the less. 4.8 on the Richter so they say.

[Loz]

I felt it. Wondered what the hell was going on. Thought it might have been an earthquake, then thought "nah, we don't get earthquakes in the UK"

[mattp]

Some things in our house (shampoo bottle) fell over in the bathroom @ about 1.00 AM ... and I thought we were being robbed ...... and that was in Oxford ...

[JE:5]

I didn't feel a thing, probably due to the vast amounts of diazepam and cider I consumed before going to bed early.

[karitek]

yeah, i am on the same tip as u je:5...was up and about at that time in london, but too pissed to realize if it was the ground or my head that was spinning.

[Magnumforce]

Dudley is still standing though .. :(

[Daddys Girl]

...Felt it in East London too, tucked-up in bed watching Casino, and the floor kinda wobbled... I take it that it wasnt a special effect coming form the car bomb in the movie then...

;o)
D_G

[techno-cat]

i felt it in the centre of england...

apparently - we have an earthquake from this source every 8-10 years

[invisibleplanet]

Manchester has experienced several earth tremors in the last two days.

The strongest measured 3.9 on the Richter scale at 11:42 GMT/12:42 BST yesterday (October 21). People reported their houses "shaking" and "PC monitors moved".

The first quake of magnitude 3.2 occured just under two hours previously, causing "windows and doors to rattle". Numerous smaller aftershocks have been recorded by the British Geographical Survey since.

The BGS states on its website "The recent events in the Manchester area [...] are unusual in the UK in that they appear to be a sequence of earthquakes of moderate magnitude without a distinctive mainshock event[...]. This type of activity is called an 'earthquake swarm'."

This is the second set of shocks and tremors to hit the UK in a month. A quake of magnitude 5.0 shook the country in the early hours of September 23, with its epicentre on Dudley, West Midlands (see this topic).

The current 'tremorcount' for Manchester since yesterday, stands at 16.

> Latest data from the BGS (http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/recbrit.html)

[filthydave]

i thought it was the washing machine in the flat above and my first thought was christ that must be a heavy load makes it feel like we're in an earthquake!
wasn't untill MH called me five mins later that i realised!

[KaOz]

mark...... arhhhhhh..... again or what?

i rememeber uve told me from an earthquake some weeks ago

[filthydave]

shit im talking crossed wires here
have we had another one?
christ im slow at times
when was that?

[M H]

Shit, I really should watch the bass on the modular....

[invisibleplanet]

If you know Manchester, you might be interested to see the exact locations of the epicentres of the first four of Monday's quakes:
http://www.esci.keele.ac.uk/geophysics/assets/images/locations2_web.jpg
courtesy Keele University (http://www.esci.keele.ac.uk/geophysics/html/manchester_earthquakes.html)

Originally posted by M H
Shit, I really should watch the bass on the modular....

so we can predict the next epicentre of tremors will be Nottingham on the 2nd Novembre?

hehehe

[Basic]

Erm, I was in Manchester on business during the whole succession of them and didn't feel a thing. Maybe my equilibrium is just that knackered that I don't notice :)

[thetonewrecker]

well, I have to apologize to everyone...it was that extra spicy taco dinner I had the night before. Hit me extra hard on the ol' digestive tract and I was "moving the earth". :-)