Earthquake?

ltron · 17 Feb 2018 at 14:59

Felt it in Cardiff, only lasted a couple of seconds and caused the sofa I was sitting on to vibrate. Was wondering whether I had imagined it.

Rroff · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:01

ltron said:
Felt it in Cardiff, only lasted a couple of seconds and caused the sofa I was sitting on to vibrate. Was wondering whether I had imagined it.

Weird I'm quite a bit further away than you and it was pretty distinct - lampshades were rattling like crazy, etc.

Jamauk · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:05

Nothing here in Oxford, well not that I noticed.

Speirs · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:06

Shook my bedroom which is a loft conversion for 3 to 4 seconds here in West Midlands.

cainer · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:08

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26277432

Perfect_Chaos · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:10

Yep, flat shook a good few seconds, along with an odd noise i thought.

Dynix · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:11

Felt it in Shropshire. Didn't realise what it was but the neighbour text me 10 seconds after it happened saying she felt the same!

ltron · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:14

Rroff said:
Weird I'm quite a bit further away than you and it was pretty distinct - lampshades were rattling like crazy, etc.

Strange, I heard a loud rumbling noise too which sounded like engine noise from a large lorry.

Mr_Orange · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:17

Felt it in Wiltshire.

Regy53 · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:25

felt it here in bedfordshire, but then realized it was just my mrs coming up the stairs

Safetytrousers · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:32

I felt it in Reading, it was like a rippling on the parts of my body in contact with my seating. It lasted about 2 to 3 seconds.

Rroff · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:34

Intriguingly (though I'm not sure what is the normal for UK seismic activity) the initial BGS plot looks closer to the signature of a nuclear test than an earthquake. (Would be pretty easy to tell once further data about the S waves, etc. came out).

ver01@ · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:50

JunglistE said:
Felt something in Bristol. Didn't last long so i thought i imagined it.

1-2 seconds. Didn't feel more than just a brief shake.

malachi · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:51

Felt nothing here in Birmingham but I was at gym.

Minusorange · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:52

Felt it in NW UK, felt like somebody moving all the heavy furniture in the house for a few seconds, strange as it was only last week I was looking at when the last UK quakes were

ver01@ · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:52

Rroff said:
Intriguingly (though I'm not sure what is the normal for UK seismic activity) the initial BGS plot looks closer to the signature of a nuclear test than an earthquake. (Would be pretty easy to tell once further data about the S waves, etc. came out).

Thought it was an underground explosion at the beginning too.

ver01@ · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:55

Any Londoners living high above ground level? It must feel very different when it shakes on the 20th floor

DJMK4 · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:55

Very strange feeling. Never experienced that before

My dad is in porthcawl he didn't feel a thing although he was out walking .

Yet I was on 3rd floor of house in Cardiff and the house felt like it had been grabbed and shaken from the foundation

Rroff · 17 Feb 2018 at 15:55

ver01@ said:
Any Londoners living high above ground level? It must feel very different when it shakes on the 20th floor

My family living that way didn't notice anything at all - its mostly the South West and West that felt it.

DJMK4 said:
Very strange feeling. Never experienced that before

When I've felt 3-4 magnitude quakes abroad they've gone on for a bit longer and the strange feeling goes on for longer of something very deep and can't be controlled :s

LabR@t · 17 Feb 2018 at 16:04

ver01@ said:
Thought it was an underground explosion at the beginning too.

The battle that rages beneath is in the subterranean tunnels is being fought and lost against the remaining forces of the 3rd Reich that are based in the Antarctic, didn't you know?

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