United Kingdom Earthquake

[Neith]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm

The biggest earthquake in the UK for 25 years, over 5 on the Richter Scale. Lasted for about 10 seconds, hitting at 1AM, and the aftershock hit at 4AM.

Did anyone else in the UK feel it? I live in the north-east of England, and felt it pretty badly- my bedroom was shaking, and I could feel the floor moving under me. I know some places get quakes fairly often, but it's somewhat of a rarity for the UK to get one (apparently we get one this strong every 10-20 years or so).

When I checked the news in the morning, I hardly expected it to be an earthquake http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif So, did anyone else feel it much?

[Ragrappy99]

I slept through it! Got a day off school today because of the quake. Apparently it caused a power failure.

[CelestialBlade]

Wow, that's insane. I live in the Ohio Valley here in the USA and we're expecting a decent earthquake sometime soon, from the New Madrid fault. Not sure how much we'll feel it but the last time it went off, it WENT OFF.

I don't think anything's going to beat Yellowstone when it blows, though.

[AlexCraig]

Wow. I did not expect that. Glad to hear pretty much everybody is alright.

[Nai_Calus]

Pfft, only a 5?

[Frana]

Let's give it up for the midwest, no earthquakes! But we have tornados...



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Frana on 2008-02-27 18:34 ]</font>

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

On 2008-02-27 18:32, Frana wrote:
Let's give it up for the midwest, no earthquakes!


Well, you do get those nasty tornadoes. Earth shaking, from the surface up!

[AlexCraig]

Yeah we do. But we haven't had a massive tornado like that for a while 'round here.

[Blitzkommando]

On 2008-02-27 18:32, Frana wrote:
Let's give it up for the midwest, no earthquakes! But we have tornados...



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Frana on 2008-02-27 18:34 ]</font>

New Madrid would like to remind you the last time that shook up it was felt all the way up through Ohio. When that puppy shakes, it knocks around the entire eastern half of the country because it takes so long to slip and develops massive energy.

There was one in 1983 around Tennessee/Kentucky that shook up Ohio as well.

Everywhere can get earthquakes. Some places are relatively weak when they hit (UK), but others can be massive (Cali, Japan, New Madrid). And actually, due to the geology of the Mid-west/South-east New Madrid covers a much, much larger area of devistation compared to anything thrown out of California. The closest thing would be Alaska which shakes up the entire Pacific coast of North America when it goes big.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_earthquake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Norvekh on 2008-02-28 00:44 ]</font>

[Neith]

On 2008-02-27 16:22, Ian-KunX wrote:
Pfft, only a 5?



Well, it's much larger than the 0 we usually have http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif And like I said, its really rare for the UK to get quakes, so when one hits, it's on the news.

[Sharkyland]

Besides the techtonic plates moving, there are other sources on how earthquakes can be caused like a destruction of a gigantic boulder if I remember correctly.

[CelestialBlade]

On 2008-02-28 00:43, Norvekh wrote:

On 2008-02-27 18:32, Frana wrote:
Let's give it up for the midwest, no earthquakes! But we have tornados...



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Frana on 2008-02-27 18:34 ]</font>

New Madrid would like to remind you the last time that shook up it was felt all the way up through Ohio. When that puppy shakes, it knocks around the entire eastern half of the country because it takes so long to slip and develops massive energy.

There was one in 1983 around Tennessee/Kentucky that shook up Ohio as well.

Everywhere can get earthquakes. Some places are relatively weak when they hit (UK), but others can be massive (Cali, Japan, New Madrid). And actually, due to the geology of the Mid-west/South-east New Madrid covers a much, much larger area of devistation compared to anything thrown out of California. The closest thing would be Alaska which shakes up the entire Pacific coast of North America when it goes big.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_earthquake

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Norvekh on 2008-02-28 00:44 ]</font>

Exactly what I was referring to. Though with La Nina around this year, we should have a very active tornado season as well. Look at what happened to Arkansas, Tennessee, and southern Kentucky just a few weeks ago.

Dangerous place I live in, but it keeps things exciting.