Earthquake?!

BigglesPiP · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:04

Strong shaking and huge noise in Bowness. Seemed to be going east to west.

Landy · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:05

Just playing a CSS mix and my mate hes just felt it, he lives in Cumbria near Barrow

iviv · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:05

Landy · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:06

lol i was waiting that pic!

Greenlizard0 · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:06

Urgh, mine has to be with the spelling error..

Macky · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:06

Yup felt it. First one I've ever felt. Pretty scary actually.

Ceryndrion · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:06

sorry, I've got gas..

midville · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:07

A strong shake here too, only a second or two.

BigglesPiP · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:08

Yea, twitter is flooded.

VaderDSL · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:11

Nick1881 · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:13

Sorry I was having sex

BigglesPiP · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:17

That line at ~80:30 you boiling an egg?

Ahleckz · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:19

Nick1881 said:
Sorry I was having sex

Yeah that makes sense, the 'quake didn't last very long at all

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VaderDSL · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:21

BigglesPiP said:
That line at ~80:30 you boiling an egg?

It; from the BGS site, no idea what the large red line is, anomaly most likely in the recording?

Ewanb75 · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:45

3.6 in wigton, cumbria, on usgs now, felt it in dumfries

Globul · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:48

Its only up north again, no tremors down in Portsmouth, Cumbria and Lancs supposedly, I remember the last earthquake, that was ******* scary, was in Hull at the time!

Grad · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:50

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12056634

DJMK4 · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:50

We have some customer sites with wan connnections in those areas, wonder if we will get any calls Because of damage

dave_beast · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:51

Reports of feeling it as far south as Hampshire. Also, E Yorks reports coming in...

http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=40808

explicit4u · 21 Dec 2010 at 23:52

lol, magnitude 3.6 in the UK and twitter gets flooded! Is that like a record or something?