I was chatting with a friend who lives in that area when it happened. He was kind of freaked out.
We are so much more complicated than our names.
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I felt that. It was scary, since I was asleep around the time it happened. My bed suddenly started shaking, and if I'm honest it sounded to me like the roof was about to cave in or something...
4.7 is pretty big for an earthquake in the UK. x_x And if the epicentre was 50 miles east of Sheffield, then no wonder I felt it.
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Ouch, glad y'all okay and all.
We southerners didn't feel a thing! Damn.. that would have been so cool.
I dont think earthquakes are cool. 4 years ago here was one. About 50km more on the north. Few houses ccollapsed. And it was in rainy season. So not only houses... Not too long after Also mountain gas collapsed. Huge river of stones and mud washed away few houses in a small village - luckily most of the village wasnt even damaged. Few roads also have just dissapeared. Interesting to see what can that force do.
Yeah, didn't feel it here either. But apparently it was felt in some other parts of Kent.Originally posted by Dyani
We southerners didn't feel a thing! Damn.. that would have been so cool.
I agree, Remember what happen to 2004 Indonesian Tsunami? it's not a good season too!Originally posted by TX-101
I dont think earthquakes are cool. 4 years ago here was one. About 50km more on the north. Few houses ccollapsed. And it was in rainy season. So not only houses... Not too long after Also mountain gas collapsed. Huge river of stones and mud washed away few houses in a small village - luckily most of the village wasnt even damaged. Few roads also have just dissapeared. Interesting to see what can that force do.
But England is a tectonic calm region, right?
Well, we had an earthquake down here (The SouthEast) in April last year. Not as bad as this one, but it was still felt quite a distance away.Originally posted by Legioner
But England is a tectonic calm region, right?
Wasn't there an Earthquake in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia or India or somthing ealier this week as well?
I'll be honest, I didn't know that England was prone to Earthquakes. But I'm glad you are all alright.
I guess I'm pretty lucky to live where I do. Here in Southern new England, we get a blizzard once every few years, and a small hurricane every decade or so(Last one was "Bob" in 1994), but beyond that, we don't get natural dissasters.
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Woha o_O I didn't think the UK could get such (relatively) powerful earthquakes =O
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England has nothing compared to the 9 point somethings that you see in some parts of Africa and Asia, but on average there can be about 5 earthquakes per year (according to seismologists.) Most of them are small though, so not all of them (if any) can be felt by everyone.Originally posted by Legioner
But England is a tectonic calm region, right?
Am I the only one who felt this earthquake? xD
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I slept right through it. :]
Ya know...it's true what I once suspected, all the cool stuff happens when I'm not there.
I lived in Leeds for 13 years, and all the cool stuff happened when I was away. Now I've moved to Bristol, what happens up in Leeds? Snow during winter and a damn earthquake last night! It's so typical ?.?
Got an email from my mum just to rub it in, and she said it was really strong there and she thought they'd lost the chimney.
EDIT: I've decided to make it official... the West country sucks for not having anything cool happen.
Damn straight hun! Damn I want to be in an earthquake.. but hell, I want watch a tsunami. be near a hurricane and be bitten by poisonous animals!!! Yeah, how the hell am I still alive?Originally posted by Taneli
EDIT: I've decided to make it official... the West country sucks for not having anything cool happen.
earthquakes happen in some odd places you wouldn't expect them...such as along the Mississippi river and New York.
I slept through it. but it explains my TV Being upside down
Or maybe the TV is right-side up and everything else is just upside down...Originally posted by This land
I slept through it. but it explains my TV Being upside down
Now that will explain why my door's Hinges where on the other side aswell :knowdees:Originally posted by lion_roog
Or maybe the TV is right-side up and everything else is just upside down...