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...in Folkestone?

In the worldwide grand scheme of things, 5 on the Richter Scale isn't exactly massive, but, baring in mind that this is the UK, I believe it would be one of the biggest in history. I also feel that it was worth mentioning for this quote:

Paul Smye-Rumsby, who lives in Dover, said: "It was about 08.15 when suddenly the bed shook violently.

"I thought my wife had got cramp or something
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6602677.stm

Now, I'm not that far away from the epicentre of this (reported to be a few miles south of Ashford), and I didn't feel a thing. Did anyone else? And, as I imagine only a very limited number of people would actually be able to answer yes, have you ever been in an earthquake, and what was it like?

Well, I didn't, but then I'm in Leicester. Wonder if my parents felt it (in Essex).

Don't know what this says about us, Phil, but that was the quote I picked up on as well. :p

Don't know what this says about us, Phil, but that was the quote I picked up on as well. :p

It's one of those charming little insights into other people's lives that they provide accidentally when something surprising has happened. I wonder if Mrs Smye-Rumsby is happy to have been accused of violently shaking in bed in the national news? :p

Yes, not often we get one as big as this over here in the UK, thankfully.

I've experienced an earthquake. It wasn't much.

I was outside at the time, near a beach in the Solomon Islands. There was a feeling like someone banging into the leg of a chair you're sitting on, only I was sitting on the ground. Trees didn't shake or anything. No tsunami.

We thought something might have blown up, or a big truck crashed or something. Wasn't until later, when we asked, someone told us it was an earthquake. No big deal.

Wasn't felt in Cambridge, and I also loved those quotes on the website :p

Well, according to a newspaper, I once slept through a force 2 earthquake ;)

Well, I didn't, but then I'm in Leicester. Wonder if my parents felt it (in Essex).

Don't know what this says about us, Phil, but that was the quote I picked up on as well. :p
Well, I'm in south Essex and I didn't feel a thing.

I'm in Kent and I didn't feel a thing.

...in Folkestone?

In the worldwide grand scheme of things, 5 on the Richter Scale isn't exactly massive, but, baring in mind that this is the UK, I believe it would be one of the biggest in history. I also feel that it was worth mentioning for this quote:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6602677.stm

Now, I'm not that far away from the epicentre of this (reported to be a few miles south of Ashford), and I didn't feel a thing. Did anyone else? And, as I imagine only a very limited number of people would actually be able to answer yes, have you ever been in an earthquake, and what was it like?

According to the USGS, the earthquake was a 4.7

That was a small quake. I know it sounds exciting and all but they dont start to get big until you get into the upper 5's to upper 7's. Was in a 6.9 myself and that was a good one.

Wasn't felt in Gravesend but then again Folkestone is about 20 - 30 miles away.

I live in Northern Australia and sometimes we feel the earthquakes that rattle Indonesia (which aren't small)

Now, I'm not that far away from the epicentre of this (reported to be a few miles south of Ashford), and I didn't feel a thing. Did anyone else? And, as I imagine only a very limited number of people would actually be able to answer yes, have you ever been in an earthquake, and what was it like?

I sleep through them regularly, like most people, though I'm not really a light sleeper. :)

The most recent good-sized quake I can remember was about a year ago.. it wasn't major, but it was shallow and I was right at the epicenter.. about a quarter mile away. That one had my whole house shifting violently for about 20 seconds, although I do live on a flood plain, so that probably figures into it. It was a 4.3 or so, but with a high acceleration rate. It's the acceleration rate that really tells you what kind of force a quake has, rather than the Richter scale. Northridge was only a 6.7, but the acceleration was massive, which made it the most expensive quake ever, at least in this country.

Earthquake you say? First I've heard.

Biggest since 2002, according to the BBC. So there must have been bigger earthquakes in British history.

Though I suspect they haven’t been that big for thousands of years, if that.

...in Folkestone?

In the worldwide grand scheme of things, 5 on the Richter Scale isn't exactly massive, but, baring in mind that this is the UK, I believe it would be one of the biggest in history. I also feel that it was worth mentioning for this quote:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6602677.stm

Now, I'm not that far away from the epicentre of this (reported to be a few miles south of Ashford), and I didn't feel a thing. Did anyone else? And, as I imagine only a very limited number of people would actually be able to answer yes, have you ever been in an earthquake, and what was it like?

ROFL!! that's the best quote ever!

i think the biggest recorded quake there's been in britain was something like 6.3 on the Richter scale. in wales i think but i could be wrong.

edit: seems i was mistaken - biggest earthquake felt in the UK was 6.1 and occured in the north sea. the biggest earthquake to occur in land was 5.4 in north wales.

It is possible for any area to get an earthquake...

zomg! The ancient faultlines beneath the British isles are reopening! We have offended our ancient pagan gods! Everyone convert back to celtic paganism before it's too late.

I have no idea why I decided to write that...

I love the fact that this is still the lead story on the BBC News website, considering that this:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42859000/jpg/_42859273_oldladygallery_getty.jpg

is the full extent of the damage. :p

I love the fact that this is still the lead story on the BBC News website, considering that this:

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42859000/jpg/_42859273_oldladygallery_getty.jpg

is the full extent of the damage. :p

Leave it to the brits to get all hyped up over a 4.7 earthquake.

zomg! The ancient faultlines beneath the British isles are reopening! We have offended our ancient pagan gods! Everyone convert back to celtic paganism before it's too late.

Wouldn't it be anglo-saxon paganism for the majority of England's inhabitants?

Wouldn't it be anglo-saxon paganism for the majority of England's inhabitants?Well, the celts were inhabiting Britannia before they got screwed by the romans, who got screwed by the anglo-saxons, who got screwed by the vikings, who got screwed by some other vikings who decided to go to France first... the country remained pretty happy for a while before it got screwed by the US at the end of WWII.

So the celtic pagan gods came first... though some other people probably came before them as well.

Leave it to the brits to get all hyped up over a 4.7 earthquake.4.3 actually... at least that's what the beeb is saying now.

The tornados last summer did a fair bit of damage.

So the celtic pagan gods came first... though some other people probably came before them as well.

Yeah, but you said "Everyone convert back to celtic paganism before it's too late."

I guess you're treating location as identity, but then treating ethnic background as identity like I did is pretty fallacious too.

4.3 actually... at least that's what the beeb is saying now.

The USGS is still saying 4.7 and I am going to rely on them.

And the EMSC has it as a 4.9:

http://www.emsc-csem.org/index.php?page=current&sub=detail&id=42748

The tornados last summer did a fair bit of damage.

I remember that.

Leave it to the brits to get all hyped up over a 4.7 earthquake.

The USGS is still saying 4.7 and I am going to rely on them.

And the EMSC has it as a 4.9:

http://www.emsc-csem.org/index.php?page=current&sub=detail&id=42748



I remember that.


From your general attitude anyone would think you had a wasp up your arse.

I've seen this movie. Usually at this point some deranged but brilliant loner tries to warn everyone that this is just a prelude of a cataclysm to come and that you're all fucked. Of course, nobody listens to him and sure enough, three days later, everything hits the fan.

I guess that makes me the deranged but brilliant loner. :D

And, as I imagine only a very limited number of people would actually be able to answer yes, have you ever been in an earthquake, and what was it like?

I'd been in California for less than a week, housesitting in Berkeley, when I felt my one and only earthquake. It felt like a truck had hit the apartment building, a sort of rolling thump. My girlfriend was napping in the bedroom and thought I'd shaken the bed, but doesn't remember it. It only lasted about 3-5 seconds and freaked the cat out a bit also. I jumped to my feet and looked outside and saw nothing. The news came on a minute or two later and it turned out I was only a couple of blocks from the epicenter, and it was a mid-5 earthquake. It wasn't horrible, but I wouldn't want to go through a big one.

zomg! The ancient faultlines beneath the British isles are reopening! We have offended our ancient pagan gods! Everyone convert back to celtic paganism before it's too late.

I have no idea why I decided to write that...

Good idea :D I know, why doesnt everyone go to the Beltane fire festival in edinburgh tomorow night?

Earthquake in the UK? Wow.

I used to live in Southern California. We had quakes frequently. Unless the electricity went out or something fell on us, we generally ignored them.

Got woken up in Greece by a 3. Fun way to start the day.