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Motorcycle Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / February 2008Bloody great earth tremor
Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody scary. Anyone else feel anything.  SignatureLozzo Slightly bent Suzuki SV650S K5 > Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > scary. > > Anyone else feel anything. Yep. Most bizarre.. Apparently there were earthquakes in Sumatra earlier today >> Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >> scary. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Apparently there were earthquakes in Sumatra earlier today any reference for that ? Just as long as it stays well clear of Bandung Signaturegeoff > Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > scary. > > Anyone else feel anything. Ginge SignatureCBR1000 FZ1-N Go-Ped Sport BOMB#14 ibW#40 LotR#0 BOTAFOT#157 BotM#3 > Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > scary. > > Anyone else feel anything. Don't worry it was just WC having an energetic go at his sofa, see above. Signature'01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000-A13 OMF #7 > Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > scary. > > Anyone else feel anything. It was just me banging your wife whilst you were polishing your bike. And yes the earth moved for her as well. >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >scary. > >Anyone else feel anything. BBC Breakfast seems to have it as their top story. Seems to be about the same strength as the one which hit Folkestone/Hythe/etc last year, but doesn't appear to be as much destruction yet. Signature-- Nick ICQ: 9235201 EMAIL & MSN: nickmooney@spamcop.net -- Triumph Tiger 955i -- http://www.bgn.me.uk -- Touch - -- LOTR#4 SKOGA#8 DS#7 BOTAFOT#159 BOTM#2 FBOTY#06 PM#11 > >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > >scary. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Folkestone/Hythe/etc last year, but doesn't appear to be as much > destruction yet. Shame. SignatureBMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F & SL125 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... chateau dot murray at idnet dot com In communiqué <62jr0cF22cnakU1@mid.individual.net>, Lozzo <lozzo@lozzo.org.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >scary. > >Anyone else feel anything. So that's what it was. Thinking about it, it was a tiny bit like the September 2002 Dudley earthquake - only, well, tiny. 4.8 that was apparently. Signature+----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter@ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest * 2 Yamaha WR250Z | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ >In communiqué <62jr0cF22cnakU1@mid.individual.net>, Lozzo ><lozzo@lozzo.org.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >September 2002 Dudley earthquake - only, well, tiny. 4.8 that was >apparently. 5.3 the BBC is saying. I felt it up here on Wearside. SignatureColin Irvine YZF1000R BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk > 5.3 the BBC is saying. I felt it up here on Wearside. Yeah, all over the news this morning. I wondered what all the fuss was as I didn't feel a thing. Still, I slept through the storm of '87 too. Maybe it's because my flat is close to a bus route so I'm used to noises & vibrations throughout the might. SignatureChris >> 5.3 the BBC is saying. I felt it up here on Wearside. > >Yeah, all over the news this morning. I wondered what all the fuss was >as I didn't feel a thing. Ding > Still, I slept through the storm of '87 too. Double ding, it was quite odd driving into London the next day. SignatureIan >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. SignatureChamp I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race) neal at champ dot org dot uk > >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > >scary. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 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. Signatureogden sv650 & rgv250 >> >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really >> >bloody [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > It wasn't exactly the eruption of Krakatau. Or even Krakatoa > > It wasn't exactly the eruption of Krakatau. > > Or even Krakatoa If you prefer the 1883 misspelling, yes. Signatureogden sv650 & rgv250 > > >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > > >scary. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > It wasn't exactly the eruption of Krakatau. Cheltenham, East of Java. -- d. >> > >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >> > >scary. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Cheltenham, East of Java. Molten bodies, fiery lava. SignatureAlex BMW R1150GS DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8 Windy's "little soldier" On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:25:43 -0000, "Alex Ferrier" <x@x.x> said >>> > >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >>> > >scary. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Molten bodies, fiery lava. I wondered where you were: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/earthquake "Alex Ferrier, 22, a marine biology student from Hull, said: "It was quite scary... we live in a road of large terraced houses and I was woken up and looked out of the window and there were loads of people on the streets." Ferrier's mother, Val, who lives in Manchester, said she was woken when the mirrors on her wardrobe shook violently. "The whole room was shaking for about 20 seconds, it was quite violent. I ran downstairs," she said." SignatureSnowleopard >^..^< "Handwashing the delicates" In article <2dbeb2dc-b96e-4a71-b500-bdbc940e0815 @n75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, darsyx@gmail.com says... > > > >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > > > >scary. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Cheltenham, East of Java. Haha! SignatureCBR1000 FZ1-N Go-Ped Sport BOMB#14 ibW#40 LotR#0 BOTAFOT#157 BotM#3 >>Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >>scary. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >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. SignatureLady Nina Calm for now. >>>Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >>>scary. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >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. SignatureChamp I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race) neal at champ dot org dot uk > > 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. SignatureKrusty www.MuddyStuff.co.uk Off-Road Classifieds '02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250 > Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals > are cows. Spot the OO computer spod. SignatureAlex BMW R1150GS DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8 Windy's "little soldier" >> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >> are cows. >Spot the OO computer spod. Logic 101, actually. I've never done any real OO programming. SignatureChamp I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race) neal at champ dot org dot uk >>Spot the OO computer spod. > > Logic 101, actually. Well, yes, but. First OO Course I got sent on back in the early 90s. Literally the first couple of slides, those very same logical cows. > I've never done any real OO programming. I knew that. SignatureAlex BMW R1150GS DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8 Windy's "little soldier" >> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >> are cows. > > Spot the OO computer spod. Spot the 22-year-old marine biology student from Hull. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/earthquake >>> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >>> are cows. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/earthquake Hah! SignatureChamp I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race) neal at champ dot org dot uk >>> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >>> are cows. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/earthquake "Student David Bates, 19, suffered a suspected broken pelvis when he was hit by a falling piece of chimney in his attic bedroom in Wombwell, South Yorkshire" That was at the top of the street SignatureMonz K8 GSX-R 1000 ANORAK#16 | BOTAFOT #135 | BREast#2 | MIRTTH#25 | BoB#16 | IBB#11 | >>>> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >>>> are cows. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > That was at the top of the street His pelvis is at the top of your street? f.ck me! SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 >>> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >>> are cows. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/earthquake A disgrace to the name. SignatureAlex BMW R1150GS DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8 Windy's "little soldier" On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:05:23 GMT, "platypus" <monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> said >>> Here's a little help for you: All cows are animals. Not all animals >>> are cows. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/earthquake Ah bugger must read whole thread :~) I blame my scrambled brains SignatureSnowleopard >^..^< "Handwashing the delicates" > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:05:23 GMT, "platypus" > <monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> said [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > I blame my scrambled brains Heh. There, there. >I blame my scrambled brains Crikey, you're getting a bit more ambitious in the kitchen. SignatureChamp ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle To email me, neal at my domain should work. >>Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >>scary. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >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. Same here. I initially thought the cold water tank was about to come through the ceiling. Which wouldn't have been fun as my bed is directly beneath it. SignatureZX-10R > Same here. I initially thought the cold water tank was about to come > through the ceiling. Which wouldn't have been fun as my bed is > directly beneath it. My ex mother-in-law slept for 3 years with a fully assembled RD400F in her loft, directly above her bed. She went f.cking spastic when she found out. SignatureLozzo Slightly bent Suzuki SV650S K5 >> Same here. I initially thought the cold water tank was about to come >> through the ceiling. Which wouldn't have been fun as my bed is [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > her loft, directly above her bed. She went f.cking spastic when she > found out. Raises some questions! How did you get it up there. If "in bits" why did you construct it up there. How did you get it down. etc etc SignatureHog '03 ST4S '96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 > > > Same here. I initially thought the cold water tank was about to > > > come through the ceiling. Which wouldn't have been fun as my bed [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > How did you get it down. > etc etc Took it up in bits, loosly assembled to keep all the parts together, and stripped to come down again. SignatureLozzo Slightly bent Suzuki SV650S K5 On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:55:37 +0000, Champ <news@champ.org.uk> said >>Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >>scary. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >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. I didn't notice a thing, although there was a little aftershock around 6am ;~) SignatureSnowleopard >^..^< "Handwashing the delicates" >I didn't notice a thing, although there was a little aftershock around >6am ;~) And I still made it home in time for breakfast ;-) SignatureGyp Change to dotcom to reply On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:21:40 +0000, Gyp <Gyp@gyponline.co.uk> said >>I didn't notice a thing, although there was a little aftershock around >>6am ;~) > >And I still made it home in time for breakfast ;-) You and your sleepw%&^£&£*^£*nocarrier SignatureSnowleopard >^..^< "Handwashing the delicates" > 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? Surely ukrm has a seismolgist or geologist lurking. SignatureChris >> Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >> scary. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >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. SignatureChamp I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 (race) neal at champ dot org dot uk >>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. Signaturep BotM#1 LotR#9 > 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 SignaturePhil Launchbury, IT PHB 'I'm training the bats that live in my cube to juggle mushrooms' > 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. Wow, I'm suprised a reader bothered to knock it up for them on their phone, and send it in. > 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. Signaturedog sl1000 two#5 pwcram#3 >> 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. "Bloody Torchwood." SignatureEddie eddie@deguello.org His: ZX-9R, Elefant 900 http://www.last.fm/group/ukrm Hers: Monster S4R, GSX600F (breaking, everything must go!) On 27 Feb 2008 09:30:38 GMT, in <xn0fmxi372a5k8004@news.individual.net>, "CT" <me@christrollen.co.uk> wrote: >> Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >> scary. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >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. Signature_______ .'_/_|_\_'. Ace (b.rogers at ifrance.com) \`\ | /`/ DS#8 BOTAFOT#3 SbS#2 UKRMMA#13 DFV#8 SKA#2 IBB#10 `\\ | //' `\|/` ` We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "CT" <me@christrollen.co.uk> saying something like: >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? Old plate boundaries? The British Isles is a mish-mash of old and new rocks anyway, with some of the world's oldest rocks in the North of Scotland, so f.ck knows what's going on underneath. SignatureDave GS850x2 XS650 SE6a "A scone and tea at half past three Makes the day a little brighter Keep your cakes and fancy tarts And stick them up your shiter." > We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the > drugs began to take hold. I remember "CT" <me@christrollen.co.uk> saying [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > rocks anyway, with some of the world's oldest rocks in the North of > Scotland, so f.ck knows what's going on underneath. Another thing that I forgot[1] was that The North is rising and the South is sinking as a result of receding ice from the Ice Age[2]. [1] Well done Radio 4 for reminding me. [2] We are still in an Ice Age, just not not here. Signaturep BotM#1 LotR#9 . > Another thing that I forgot[1] was that The North is rising and the > South is sinking as a result of receding ice from the Ice Age[2]. ITYM as a result of isostatic equilibrium. > . >> >> Another thing that I forgot[1] was that The North is rising and the >> South is sinking as a result of receding ice from the Ice Age[2]. > > ITYM as a result of isostatic equilibrium. I mentioned that IANA geologist up ^^ there somewhere. Signaturep BotM#1 LotR#9 > > . > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I mentioned that IANA geologist up ^^ there somewhere. Besides, it's isostatic rebound caused by the ice receeding after the most recent glaciation, so you weren't actually wrong. -- Lucifer - Yamaha XV535 Virago > > Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > > scary. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Surely ukrm has a seismolgist or geologist lurking. Err...student of geology here, firstly 5.2 isn't really very strong, and it appears to have been on an old fault that got reactivated, as rocks aren't really very flexible at the surface, and continental margins don't run in neat straight lines, strain can penetrate a very long way into continental interiors. For anything more detailed than that, I would have to ask me lecturers, and the geophysics ones were all rather busy yesterday (there were media types around filming the seismograph and asking various questions of at least one geophysics lecturer) -- Lucifer - Yamaha XV535 Virago >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. SignatureMarina Mayes - Reading, UK. To email me remove XX from my address SR250 - gone. BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2 KotLBOD#s, KotLBOTAFOS#s,IMC#2, Tart#10-19, SR#3 I never give in to fear or blackmail; I always give in to temptation. "You're a national treasure" - porl, 18.1.03 >>Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >>scary. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 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. SignaturePhil Launchbury, IT PHB 'I'm training the bats that live in my cube to juggle mushrooms' > >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > >scary. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Yep, here in Reading the whole house sort of jumped up and down a bit. > Just the one jump, mind. Not scary, just odd. I slept through it. Earthquake schmearthquake. Signatureogden sv650 & rgv250 Lozzo <lozzo@lozzo.org.uk> wrote; >Anyone else feel anything. I was a little angry at the induced screen wobble. I thought it might be a brain haemorrhage, but as with all things, it passed, and I feel nothing once again. My favourite 'quake comment was from Guardian reader Nick; "Some jiffy bags were dislodged from some high shelving in our office. I can only thank God that no one was standing underneath at the time." SignatureDenis SprintST1050 Tiger750TR7RV > Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody > scary. > > Anyone else feel anything. I expect it'll be attributed to climate change. -- SeanH - '01 Fazer 600 in black. >> Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >> scary. >> >> Anyone else feel anything. > > I expect it'll be attributed to climate change. Followed by a ministerial resignation. Signaturep BotM#1 LotR#9 > Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody Half past one this morning, my place rattled and rocked slighlty, Enough to make me check outside to see if we had an uninvited visitor coming through the wall, but .... bugger all to see. One of the dogs didn't like it though. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 >Our whole house has just shaken like a leaf in a storm, really bloody >scary. > >Anyone else feel anything. Eh? Earthquake? What earthquake? Signature-Pip |
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