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Did anyone else just experience an earth tremor?
I was sitting here updating my website when the whole house shook - enough to cause some stuff on my desk to fall over, but not to do any damage.
It was bloody scary!
I'm in Northampton - anyone else have it?
I was sitting here updating my website when the whole house shook - enough to cause some stuff on my desk to fall over, but not to do any damage.
It was bloody scary!
I'm in Northampton - anyone else have it?
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Well, the earth didn't move for me honey.
Stuff on the wall rattled here (near nottingham) and the doors rattled, cabinet doors shook, stuff on shelves moved a bit, that was all though. Pretty weird but I had a quick look on Sky news and they had it on within about 5-10 mins of it happening (might have been sooner but half asleep ;) )
The scary thing is, had it been a real major earthquake, we're not prepared in any way, admittedly we've never had a major one, but theres always the first time as early this morning proved, ah well, least we all have an excuse for looking tired today - "Sorry, woke up in the earthquake" :)
~~Belldandy~~
The scary thing is, had it been a real major earthquake, we're not prepared in any way, admittedly we've never had a major one, but theres always the first time as early this morning proved, ah well, least we all have an excuse for looking tired today - "Sorry, woke up in the earthquake" :)
~~Belldandy~~
Apparently it was in Bristol but since i live on the top floor of my 5 floor council flat(feel sorry for me :D) i couldn't feel it.
i don't get it, I'm in Hull and I didn't feel a thing. Maybe i slept through it :). Or maybe it didn't reach this far east. Damn!
Ros
Ros
D'oh, I missed all the action.
;-)
;-)
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2275158.stm
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Earth tremor hits UK
The UK has been hit by an earth tremor.
It affected parts of the West Midlands, Wales, North Yorkshire, London, and Wiltshire.
The tremor was felt at approximately 0100 BST.
There were no reports of any injuries.
BBC weather forecaster Pete Gibbs said: "It's not that unusual to have an earth tremor, but it is unusual to be that widespread and that widely reported.
"However, earth tremors are certainly not that uncommon in the UK."
West Midlands police said they had 5,000 calls to their switchboard within an hour of the tremor happening and 600 calls to the 999 number.
Dudley police said 12 people in nightclothes walked into their local police station.
Powerful shockwaves
The whole length of Wales was shaken and people over 120 miles apart felt two sudden shockwaves
In south Wales, people in Cardiff, Newport, Caerphilly, the Vale of Glamorgan and as far west as Swansea, felt the powerful shockwaves.
Callers to the BBC reported doors slamming and windows rattling.
Many miles further north, in Wrexham, officers from North Wales Police said their control room in a tower block shook violently.
Richard Flynn, from Oldbury in the West Midlands, said: "The house started shaking quite violently at about 1am. All the power was cut off and seemed to be so for about a five-mile radius.
"The shaking and trembling was really quite severe. Quite a few people came out of their houses wondering what was going on. The streets were in darkness."
Power was restored after about 20 minutes.
One Birmingham resident, identified only as Alex, told BBC Radio Five Live: "My first thought was it's a bomb and then an earthquake.
"There was an earthquake in Birmingham back in the fifties when I was a boy but back then the ground swayed. It was quite different this time."
'No joke'
He added: "It was really quite frightening. I'm convinced there were two booms - lasting five or six seconds each.
Bill Wilson, who was duty inspector for Merseyside Police at the time of the tremor, said he took up to 30 calls from people who initially thought there was an intruder in their home or there had been an explosion.
"I've never had to take calls like this and some people I rang up myself thoutht I was winding them up but I had to assure them that I was serious".
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Earth tremor hits UK
The UK has been hit by an earth tremor.
It affected parts of the West Midlands, Wales, North Yorkshire, London, and Wiltshire.
The tremor was felt at approximately 0100 BST.
There were no reports of any injuries.
BBC weather forecaster Pete Gibbs said: "It's not that unusual to have an earth tremor, but it is unusual to be that widespread and that widely reported.
"However, earth tremors are certainly not that uncommon in the UK."
West Midlands police said they had 5,000 calls to their switchboard within an hour of the tremor happening and 600 calls to the 999 number.
Dudley police said 12 people in nightclothes walked into their local police station.
Powerful shockwaves
The whole length of Wales was shaken and people over 120 miles apart felt two sudden shockwaves
In south Wales, people in Cardiff, Newport, Caerphilly, the Vale of Glamorgan and as far west as Swansea, felt the powerful shockwaves.
Callers to the BBC reported doors slamming and windows rattling.
Many miles further north, in Wrexham, officers from North Wales Police said their control room in a tower block shook violently.
Richard Flynn, from Oldbury in the West Midlands, said: "The house started shaking quite violently at about 1am. All the power was cut off and seemed to be so for about a five-mile radius.
"The shaking and trembling was really quite severe. Quite a few people came out of their houses wondering what was going on. The streets were in darkness."
Power was restored after about 20 minutes.
One Birmingham resident, identified only as Alex, told BBC Radio Five Live: "My first thought was it's a bomb and then an earthquake.
"There was an earthquake in Birmingham back in the fifties when I was a boy but back then the ground swayed. It was quite different this time."
'No joke'
He added: "It was really quite frightening. I'm convinced there were two booms - lasting five or six seconds each.
Bill Wilson, who was duty inspector for Merseyside Police at the time of the tremor, said he took up to 30 calls from people who initially thought there was an intruder in their home or there had been an explosion.
"I've never had to take calls like this and some people I rang up myself thoutht I was winding them up but I had to assure them that I was serious".
heck i felt that my computer shook fora moment and my chair shook.
I was sat watching TV and I felt my body move and thought what was that, until I read your post I thought I had imagined it.
Manchester!
That's 135 miles!
That's 135 miles!
I am in north Manchester and i felt it.
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