Earthquake in the UK

[devilondemand]

I'm in Brighton and felt nothing....

 

[Melaisis]

Leeds, Yorkshire.

Didn't feel anything.

But all the girls I know did.

Its a sign!

 

[AlexanderAstartes]

I slept through it, but some friends woke because of it. It was only minor tremors here, I'm about 100 miles off where it happened so I suppose that's why.

 

[Singing Gremlin]

Midlands, Staffordshire. Didn't feel a thing, but got a text a moment after it should've happened from me brother saying: "We just had an earthquake!!"

 

[VimesCarrot]

I felt it all the way down here in the East Anglia, just a mild wobbling and the faint sounds of plaster settling itself.

ps. I'm taking bets on how long before someone tries to blame global warming.

Already happened. I was reading through the comments on the BBC 'Have your say' pages, and there it was. You can only hope it was sarcastic.

Probably some Times reader. I reckon somewhere got nuked, and they're saying it s a quake to cover it up.
ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY!!
Or not. But, we are far from any plate "edges" (is that the right word?) And if I remember my geography, the only other place you get quakes is near volcanoes. Hmm, maybe Edinburgh castle is going to get a magma-ey redecoration..

It's possible to get earthquakes elsewhere. England had another Biggest Earthquake Evar a few years back. Mind you, Wikipedia doesn't seem to know how. It's still immensely satisfying to know that, unless you're really really stupid, you can't actually blame Global Warming for this.

 

[Kukakkau]

ahh no earthquake in scotland and about someone saying we arent near any plates. isnt like britain and europes plates close enough? and edinburgh castle's volcano is extinct i believe so probs wont erupt.

also this made me realise every disaster in the world DOESNT seem to affect scotland. ice caps melting doesnt go high enough, earthquakes, that tornado/hurricane a little while ago. hah we are bulletproof

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

ahh no earthquake in scotland and about someone saying we arent near any plates. isnt like britain and europes plates close enough? and edinburgh castle's volcano is extinct i believe so probs wont erupt.

also this made me realise every disaster in the world DOESNT seem to affect scotland. ice caps melting doesnt go high enough, earthquakes, that tornado/hurricane a little while ago. hah we are bulletproof

The US has a nuke aimed directly at Scotland, BTW.

Edit: Joke.

 

[Talisker]

Didn't feel anything up here in the frozen wastes of Scotland. Biggest quake in the UK for 20 years apparently.

ps. I'm taking bets on how long before someone tries to blame global warming.

Lol I'd say about the evening news for our first sanity bating from the fear mongers.
Like your name btw (I'm a single malt fan, Glenlivet for me).

Ah, a connosuir. Just a pity the stuff costs so much.

 

[Apone]

Yes, luckily I got a bottle for christmas so I'm set for a while.

 

[DraftPickle]

I'm in York, my first thing was 'wait, lets make sure it isnt aliens' but it scared shit out of me!...thought my xbox might fall over

 

[The Reverend]

ahh no earthquake in scotland and about someone saying we arent near any plates. isnt like britain and europes plates close enough? and edinburgh castle's volcano is extinct i believe so probs wont erupt.

also this made me realise every disaster in the world DOESNT seem to affect scotland. ice caps melting doesnt go high enough, earthquakes, that tornado/hurricane a little while ago. hah we are bulletproof

The US has a nuke aimed directly at Scotland, BTW.

Edit: Joke.

TBH that actually makes some sense, its where most of the UK nuke silo's are. Take a trip to Arbroath and look for the glow in the dark cows and Royal Marines, you'll know you're close then.
Oh, and Britain and Europe are on the same plate. (The Eurasian plate I think..) And Disasters ignore Scotland because its already a disaster zone. It would be like burning down the ashes of a burnt down house again, just to annoy the rodents living in there.

 

[richasr]

I was asleep, couldnt care less, just went straight back to sleep. I don't know why people are making such a big fuss about this.

 

[Dark101]

that better not be calling us rodents pal... lol

 

[MGG=REVIEWS]

thank god that eathquake came i got a day of school yay!!!

 

[Stooman]

On the BBC radio today people were calling in with their stories about the earthquake. Some people's chimney stacks fell down, and one person phoned in to say that their pet parrot fell of its perch during the event.

I can only image what people in Japan or LA must think of us if they heard those reactions lol

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

i didnt feel a thing i only just heard about this hole thing the hole day not a single person said anything to me

 

[Dudemeister]

tv nearly fell off the shelf. It was right on the edge anyway so i was probably askin for it =p
In liverpool BTW

 

[Nyshano]

Aye, felt it in Berkshire - though I was asleep, so it just added an interesting twist to what was already a true acid trip of a dream.
As for tectonic plates; no, we're not near any plate boundaries - we are indeed on the Eurasian plate - but the UK is criss-crossed with minor fault lines.

I can only image what people in Japan or LA must think of us if they heard those reactions lol

Agreed!

 

[Talisker]

I can only image what people in Japan or LA must think of us if they heard those reactions lol

The thing is, in LA it takes about 2 weeks to rebuild a six lane motorway, here it would take about 2 years.