Ruddy Nora, an earthquake!

[PaulH]

Now this is a rare event for the British Isles! Was watching TV at about 1am, when I heard a rumbling. I thought it was just a strong gust of wind that had buffeted the house, and could hear the pane/frame of the window flex, but it didn't stop. It got louder, then the room shook with violent bangs! Lasted about 3 seconds or so, with the walls noticably moving (or I was!). It stopped quicker than it started. I thought it was a tornado that had gone over, but then I thought, no, an earthquake? Sure enough the BGS measured a 5.3 earthquake centred about 40 miles east. Pretty exciting stuff!

[Zyx]

4.7 according to http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/ , but exciting nonetheless!

[beowuuf]

Hey, yeah! As you say, I thought it was a violent gust of wind, and I was pretty tired so I thought I was imaging the wall being buffeted and moving!

COOL!

[Gambit37]

Apparently you could feel it in London too though I don't recall any night time motions!

PaulH, can you update your email address in your profile please? You opt to get an email when replies are posted to your threads, but your email address is being rejected. Cheers.

[cowsmanaut]

"I thought it was a violent gust of wind"

Sorry.. too many beans.. terribly sorry...

[zoom]

I did not knew that you had earthquakes over there!

happened to witness one earthquake so far
had been as a kid, somewhere in the 80ties/
spooky moment..

[beowuuf]

Yeah, nothing major by any stretch of the imagination though!

[PaulH]

BGS settled on a final magnitude of 5.2, making it the second largest quake over land ever to hit the UK. Some minor damage to houses here. was a small aftershock too, and they reckon could be more!

[Sera]

i only heard it, no shaking x.x