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Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:36 am
by Cairnie
Apparently there was an earthquake in the north of England that was about 4.7 on the Richter and people in as farther down as London claimed to have felt it. I'm in near London but I didn't feel it? Who of you Brits did? :|

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:47 pm
by timoo
No I didn't.


What, I'm not a Brit? :mefiant:

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:23 pm
by megajbb
i didn't.

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:23 am
by Holy Crap
4.7? pffft. 10 is a much better earthquake.

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 10:32 pm
by Phoenixan
There was a 3-ish earthquake in Roy (a neighboring city to mine) that I didn't feel, but some people I went with at school felt it. You could have just been out of range or the wavelengths for the quake skipped your area or whatever. Things like that are possible.

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:49 am
by Hunchman801
Considering the energy released is multiplied by 30 when the magnitude increases by one, I guess there's a huge difference between both of them.

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:11 pm
by Xenon
It hit Lincolnshire. I live down south, so I wouldn't have felt anything anyway.

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:46 pm
by El Dango
Holy Crap wrote:4.7? pffft. 10 is a much better earthquake.
Don't you mean worse?

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:53 pm
by Xenon
He means stronger.

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:28 am
by Holy Crap
R4_121 wrote:
Holy Crap wrote:4.7? pffft. 10 is a much better earthquake.
Don't you mean worse?
it depends what you mean by "better". if you're insane and sometimes find death funny...

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:09 pm
by Matyuv
Holy Crap wrote:
R4_121 wrote:
Holy Crap wrote:4.7? pffft. 10 is a much better earthquake.
Don't you mean worse?
it depends what you mean by "better". if you're insane and sometimes find death funny...
so thats what you are?

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:15 pm
by Holy Crap
i think i'm insane. it would explain why my "selective" school is built like a fortress and has high spiky fences.
also, the latter part of the post was a joke. i only find death funny if its meant to be funny i.e in the form of a cartoon or movie.

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:32 pm
by Beebop
I felt it. It was quite strong in Coventry. It woke me up. I was lying in bed, I woke up about 1 am, and there was this almighty shaking noise, and my room shook pretty violently for about 10 seconds. It knocked off my shelf and my guitar amp fell off the edge of my drawers. I was half asleep at the time, and all I could think at that time was, "what the hell was that?" :P

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:39 pm
by Holy Crap
does your amp still work?

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:40 pm
by Beebop
Yep. Damn good job too.

Re: Earthquake in the UK...

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:43 pm
by Holy Crap
i like your reaction though. i haven't seen anything that funny all day...but that's probably because i've only been awake for 2 hours.