Bert Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 That was exciting! Am i seeing things? That shit me up. East Anglia felt it too.
Finnegan Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 "Tremors felt in Leicestershire, Bedfordshire and Norfolk" on Sky. Kent apparently didn't. Nor Pompey.
Raj Posted 27 February 2008 Author Posted 27 February 2008 Do you normally get aftershocks and stuff? Any earthquake experts here tonight????
lavrentis Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 I AM SHITTING MYSELF I WAS SO SCARED WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING
Thracian Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 Certainly felt it in the Hinckley area - and pretty significant it seemed too. Definitely felt worse than the last one I remember while sitting in school at Leicester Forest East as a seven or eight year old, over 50 years ago. If I hadn't heard the rumble first I'd have believed I was going to faint because the room started moving. Just shows how insignificant we all are really.
CKB Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 If I hadn't heard the rumble first I'd have believed I was going to faint because the room started moving.Just shows how insignificant we all are really. Yeah when it was happening i felt so weird, like i was gonna drop!
teblin Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 Happened in derbyshire too. I was fast asleep, heard the front door shake thought someone was breaking in. So jump out of bed making noise, started to run down stairs, don't know what i'd have done if there was, that'll teach me for watching die hard 2.
Trumpet Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 Certainly felt it in the Hinckley area - and pretty significant it seemed too.Definitely felt worse than the last one I remember while siting in school at Leicester Forest East as a seven or eight year old, over 50 years ago. If I hadn't heard the rumble first I'd have believed I was going to faint because the room started moving. Just shows how insignificant we all are really. eed, I heard a rumble. Ten it was like a train was going past the windo. The walls moved as did the curtains. I just looked at my mate and we both screamed like girls. Quite a good / wierd experience really!
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 Do you normally get aftershocks and stuff?Any earthquake experts here tonight???? Well im glad you ask Raj as i am a seismologist for Melbourne universitie and in short Smaller aftershocks occur after an earthquake as the rocks settle back to a lower stress state. Stress, the pressure or force on rocks, builds up until the rock gives up and breeks. After the break the fault line along which the rock snaps doesn’t go back to a neutral stress state. Further stresses build up at the ends of the fault and above the fault as less dense rocks try to buoy up again.
Thracian Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 Do you normally get aftershocks and stuff?Any earthquake experts here tonight???? I don't remember any from the last one I experienced. Depends what they measure I think. Be interesting to hear what that measured on the Richter Scale.
Louise Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 Am i seeing things? That shit me up. East Anglia felt it too. Initial reports are that it was a 4.7, and the expert on the radio says that we should expect aftershocks.
Bert Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 Do you normally get aftershocks and stuff?Any earthquake experts here tonight???? You do normally get aftershocks! Something you can say you've experienced.
Bryn Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 Can confirm Hull. Exciting, very weird experience. I'd only piut my head down to sleep 20 mins earlier and so I was in that very disorientated state between awake and sleep. Earthquake happened at about 0057 I think. Lasted about 10-15 seconds. Can't see it being very high on the old Richter. Might be some aftershock but they'll be very slight, probably not noticeable at all.
Raj Posted 27 February 2008 Author Posted 27 February 2008 Well im glad you ask Raj as i am a seismologist for Melbourne universitie and in short Smaller aftershocks occur after an earthquake as the rocks settle back to a lower stress state. Stress, the pressure or force on rocks, builds up until the rock gives up and breeks. After the break the fault line along which the rock snaps doesn’t go back to a neutral stress state. Further stresses build up at the ends of the fault and above the fault as less dense rocks try to buoy up again. FCUK OFF! you aint no seismologist!!!!
teblin Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 I remember a tremor about 8 years ago just after the september 11th attacks.
Raj Posted 27 February 2008 Author Posted 27 February 2008 You do normally get aftershocks!Something you can say you've experienced. This was my 2nd Earthquake. My first was in Bham in the mid 80's. Some of you were not born then. Thrac definetly WAS!
Trumpet Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 As far asI can remember, any trmors we've had before, I've never felt them. But that one was definately felt and it was really loud too.
Bert Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 lasted 5-10 seconds on Tudor Road. With a few pictures falling about like.
Raj Posted 27 February 2008 Author Posted 27 February 2008 I am actually waiting for some more of them. Come on planet Earth.....dont keep me waiting.....you know you want to jiggle abit more!!!!
Louise Posted 27 February 2008 Posted 27 February 2008 Epicentre was apparently 30 miles South of Hull.
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