Bloody great earth tremor

Nige wrote:
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> "ogden" <ogden DeleteThis @pre.org> wrote in message
> news:47C52B6E.FB784776@pre.org...
> > It wasn't exactly the eruption of Krakatau.
>
> Or even Krakatoa

If you prefer the 1883 misspelling, yes.

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:55:37 +0000, Champ <news DeleteThis @champ.org.uk> wrote:

>On 27 Feb 2008 00:59:56 GMT, "Lozzo" <lozzo DeleteThis @lozzo.org.uk> wrote:
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>>Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody
>>scary.
>>
>>Anyone else feel anything.
>
>Well, I didn't think I did.
>
>But, I did wake up at 1am (ish) wondering who was banging all the
>doors in the building. Amazing that it could be felt this far south.

It affected the midlands. You felt it. Proof (as if we needed it) that
you do indeed live in the midlands.

I woke up to the bed shaking and went back to sleep. It wasn't until I
got an email this morning that I remembered it had happened. Quite
peeved actually I would have gone and looked out of the window at the
trees shaking.
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On 27 Feb 2008 09:30:38 GMT, "CT" <me DeleteThis @christrollen.co.uk> wrote:

>Lozzo wrote:
>
>> Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody
>> scary.
>>
>> Anyone else feel anything.
>
>So how come we can have a strong-ish earthquake centred on somewhere in
>Lincolnshire when the nearest tectonic plate boundary is somewhere in
>the middle of the Atlantic?

I was just searching the BBC news site to answer exactly that
question. They've got a lovely flash animation on "How earthquakes
happen" which is all about the plate boundaries. There's nothing on
quakes away from boundaries.

>Surely ukrm has a seismolgist or geologist lurking.

One would hope so.
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CT wrote:
> So how come we can have a strong-ish earthquake centred on somewhere in
> Lincolnshire when the nearest tectonic plate boundary is somewhere in
> the middle of the Atlantic?

it escaped from the filming of a doctor who episode.
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On 27 Feb 2008 00:59:56 GMT, "Lozzo" <lozzo RemoveThis @lozzo.org.uk> wrote:

>Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody
>scary.
>
>Anyone else feel anything.

Yep, here in Reading the whole house sort of jumped up and down a bit.
Just the one jump, mind. Not scary, just odd.

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:50:22 +0000, Lady Nina <spamtrap2.RemoveThis@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:55:37 +0000, Champ <news.RemoveThis@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>On 27 Feb 2008 00:59:56 GMT, "Lozzo" <lozzo.RemoveThis@lozzo.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody
>>>scary.
>>>
>>>Anyone else feel anything.
>>
>>Well, I didn't think I did.
>>
>>But, I did wake up at 1am (ish) wondering who was banging all the
>>doors in the building. Amazing that it could be felt this far south.
>
>It affected the midlands. You felt it. Proof (as if we needed it) that
>you do indeed live in the midlands.

It was felt in Southampton apparently, too.

Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals
are cows.


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Champ wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:50:22 +0000, Lady Nina <spamtrap2.TakeThisOut@ntlworld.com>
> wrote:
>
> > It affected the midlands. You felt it. Proof (as if we needed it)
> > that you do indeed live in the midlands.
>
> It was felt in Southampton apparently, too.
>
> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals.

I think there are some cows in Milton Keynes that might take issue with
that.

> Not all animals are cows.

They might be when you stop looking at them.


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On 27 Feb 2008 09:30:38 GMT, in
<xn0fmxi372a5k8004.DeleteThis@news.individual.net>, "CT" <me.DeleteThis@christrollen.co.uk>
wrote:

>Lozzo wrote:
>
>> Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody
>> scary.
>>
>> Anyone else feel anything.
>
>So how come we can have a strong-ish earthquake centred on somewhere in
>Lincolnshire when the nearest tectonic plate boundary is somewhere in
>the middle of the Atlantic?

There are pressure points all over the planet, not just at the major
plate boundaries. Fault lines occur all over the place, and it's these
that are the most common sites for earth movement, given that they
are, by definition, areas where different bits of rock have moved in
relation to each other in the past.

>Surely ukrm has a seismolgist or geologist lurking.

Not I, but http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/Geology-Britain.htm is a good
starting point if you're interested in this sort of stuff.

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:57:38 +0000, Champ wrote:

> On 27 Feb 2008 09:30:38 GMT, "CT" <me.TakeThisOut@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Surely ukrm has a seismolgist or geologist lurking.
>
> One would hope so.

IANA Geologist, but the term you are looking for is intraplate
earthquake. A random google reveals this: <http://www.swenvo.org.uk/
environment/sec_envphen.asp> as your starter.

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darsy wrote:
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> ogden wrote:
>> Champ wrote:
>>
>> > On 27 Feb 2008 00:59:56 GMT, "Lozzo" <lo....RemoveThis@lozzo.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody
>> > >scary.
>>
>> > >Anyone else feel anything.
>>
>> > Well, I didn't think I did.
>>
>> > But, I did wake up at 1am (ish) wondering who was banging all the
>> > doors in the building. Amazing that it could be felt this far south.
>>
>> We live on a tiny island.
>>
>> It wasn't exactly the eruption of Krakatau.
>
> Cheltenham, East of Java.
>

Molten bodies, fiery lava.

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Champ wrote:
>
> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals
> are cows.
>

Spot the OO computer spod.

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In article <bucas3lg1l4q1599h9ph55kdr5u8rq7djq.DeleteThis@4ax.com>, Champ wrote:
>
> I was just searching the BBC news site to answer exactly that
> question. They've got a lovely flash animation on "How earthquakes
> happen" which is all about the plate boundaries. There's nothing on
> quakes away from boundaries.

From the British Geological Society website:

Do earthquakes occur in Britain?

YES, between 200 and 300 earthquakes are detected and located in the
UK, by the British Geological Survey annually. Although distant from
the nearest plate boundary, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, earthquakes occur
as crustal stresses within the tectonic plates are relieved by movement
occurring on pre-existing fault planes. The risk from these earthquakes
is not insignificant and must be considered when engineering for
sensitive installations.

Phil

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In article <g7das3tnsknjd8834cdrge8k19ktiqkh80.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>, marina wrote:
> On 27 Feb 2008 00:59:56 GMT, "Lozzo" <lozzo.TakeThisOut@lozzo.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody
>>scary.
>>
>>Anyone else feel anything.
>
> Yep, here in Reading the whole house sort of jumped up and down a bit.
> Just the one jump, mind. Not scary, just odd.

Sounds just like a big bus hitting the speed bump outside our house..

Phil.

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