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Any UK people still up? EARTHQUAKE! I am shit up.

emil.y, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:00 (eighteen years ago)

yep we felt it here in Hull, where are you?

Thomas, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:01 (eighteen years ago)

I'm in Lincoln, it was pretty shaky here!

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:01 (eighteen years ago)

It lasted about 30 seconds here, power went off.

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:02 (eighteen years ago)

Nottingham. How was it for you? It wasn't too bad here, but I've never noticeably felt one before, so I'm still a bit freaked. Started like a car thrum, but became properly wall-shaky quite quickly.

emil.y, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:03 (eighteen years ago)

we didn't lose power but it was pretty shaky

Thomas, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:03 (eighteen years ago)

No power cut here, though, and the animals haven't gone crazy loud. I feel a bit dizzy, mind you.

emil.y, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:05 (eighteen years ago)

feelable tremors in hackney -- i was looking at my computer desk thinking why is it shaking, then the whole building shook a bit and made noises

haha turned to ile for reliable info obv, hi foax long time no etc

mark s, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:06 (eighteen years ago)

Just hit us. Fucking terrifying. I thought the picture on my monitor was going funny, then realised it was shaking, then it built to a crescendo.

Lynskey, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:06 (eighteen years ago)

where are you lynskey?

Thomas, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:07 (eighteen years ago)

Manchester btw

Lynskey, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:07 (eighteen years ago)

The power didn't stay off long, it just went off 2-3 times quickly. We're in an old house though, so the shaking might have mesed with the electrics or soemthing.

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:07 (eighteen years ago)

bbc says "reports of tremor felt in west midlands area, more soon"

Thomas, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:08 (eighteen years ago)

manchester building shake craziness. wow so was this north only?

myspace bulletins section has just exploded into life with a mix of hysteria excitement and apocalyptic panic.

pisces, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:09 (eighteen years ago)

now on news24

Thomas, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:11 (eighteen years ago)

yo
leicester big quakin

zappi, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:13 (eighteen years ago)

north only if north includes hackney pisces

mark s, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:13 (eighteen years ago)

ah. gotcha. is that better or worse i wonder.

pisces, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:14 (eighteen years ago)

Yes, woke me up in North Yorks.

Billy Dods, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:15 (eighteen years ago)

the wonders of blogging..sorted by date on Google Blog Search
http://tinyurl.com/3yzblh

bloggers report the following locations re: experiencing the earthquake...

Derby
Rotherham
Lancashire
Oxford
Norwich
Manchester
Lincolnshire
Coventry
Nottingham
Bedfordshire
Leamington
Market Harborough

djmartian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:16 (eighteen years ago)

is hackney furthest south on that list? it was negligeable here but enough to get me back on ilx!

mark s, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:17 (eighteen years ago)

Nooo! I wanted to feel an earthquake! I was hanging up my clothes at that time I think, but didn't notice anything. Nearest I've come was being woken up by that fuel dump exploding in Hemel Hempstead a couple of years ago.

Mark, I first heard about it on my AFC Wimbledon forum so it's likely it made it further south.

Mark C, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:19 (eighteen years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2275158.stm

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

checked again...No mentions that i can see of London...Nottingham mentioned alot

djmartian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

4.8

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

Oh arse, I'm thick, someone pointed me to an old story. Sorry.

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

BBC 5 live..4.7 on the richter scale

djmartian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:21 (eighteen years ago)

35 miles south of kingston-upon-hull according to yank expert

djmartian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:22 (eighteen years ago)

being in a block of flats in manchester, that was a bit spooky!
the lights wobbled and the lamp stand was all over. :(

not_goodwin, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:22 (eighteen years ago)

yank expert sez some reports even in London ...expect aftershocks

djmartian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:23 (eighteen years ago)

cool!

not_goodwin, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:24 (eighteen years ago)

35 miles south of Hull..that would be somewhere in Lincolnshire? as the centre

djmartian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

i am way ahead of yank expert

mark s, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

"35 miles south of kingston-upon-hull"

This must be bloody close to Lincoln then

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

took bbc news 19 mins to mention.
a poor effort

not_goodwin, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:26 (eighteen years ago)

Real link this time

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7266136.stm

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:27 (eighteen years ago)

Wow, Caistor

Nothing ever happens in Lincolnshire, we'll never hear the end of this

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

BBC 5live were on the case quick...they had phone calls in from the public, just after the news at 1.00

djmartian, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

it had never occurred to me that earthquakes happen in britain

i feel mad dumb

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:30 (eighteen years ago)

I live on a main road and there are a lot of lorries going by at night which shakes the house a bit. So even if there is a decent aftershock I won't know it really is one, grrr.

Mark C, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:31 (eighteen years ago)

Well BIG HOOS you can tell by the excitement at a wee one that they're something of a novelty to us!

Mark C, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

I was pretty surprised at how slow the BBC site was with this.

Still feel dizzy ;_;

xxxpost HOOS they don't happen often (or at least, ones that you can feel don't, there are lots of undetectable ones)

emil.y, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

west midlands is the usual centre -- theere's a big fault line and small ones aren't uncommon

the unit my mum and dad's record player was on fell off the wall during one, and another left cracks all along the landing ceiling

in the first one mum thought a helicopter was landing on the roof; the second she thought a cow had jumped in the downstairs window -- when quizzed how on earth a cow jumping in the downstairs window was a vibration she felt she recognised, she gave NO CONVINCING ANSWER

mark s, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:36 (eighteen years ago)

This all seems like an excellent opportunity for SCIENCE

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:38 (eighteen years ago)

BBC News now saying it was 15 miles northeast of Lincoln

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:39 (eighteen years ago)

and 4.7

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:40 (eighteen years ago)

Take that West Midlands

limón, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:40 (eighteen years ago)

I’m sure we’ll survive, it’ll be forgotten about by the evening after Gordon Burns has said his piece on it.

not_goodwin, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:42 (eighteen years ago)

felt it here in lincolnshire, pretty cool. i was mixing down some music staring at the moon out the window, super weird!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008nyae.php

Crackle Box, Wednesday, 27 February 2008 01:43 (eighteen years ago)

felt the quake before the alert arrived...maybe too close

omar little, Thursday, 12 September 2024 16:52 (one year ago)

same here. I heard it was 5.1 too

brony james (k3vin k.), Thursday, 12 September 2024 16:53 (one year ago)

two months pass...

6.9 in Humboldt County. Tsunami warning holy shit

brimstead, Thursday, 5 December 2024 18:55 (one year ago)

I just got a tsunami warning too

My family lives in Humboldt Co.

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 December 2024 18:56 (one year ago)

it was probably off Petrolia on the Lost Coast, west of Ferndale

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 December 2024 18:57 (one year ago)

Felt that one down here in SF. Was like a high 3 light 4 shake. But 200 miles away? That was no small quake

Hope everyone stays safe up there

octobeard, Thursday, 5 December 2024 18:59 (one year ago)

Where am I supposed to evac to? Twin Peaks??

More Cumin Than Cumin (Leee), Thursday, 5 December 2024 18:59 (one year ago)

I remember when I was in high school in humboldt, we got a tsunami warning and everybody went out to watch it lol

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:01 (one year ago)

Got the warning, felt nothing.

sarahell, Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:02 (one year ago)

the tsunami thing probably won't materialize... those are usually associated with quakes in Alaska etc., where the waves have a long distance to build up

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:07 (one year ago)

it was probably off Petrolia on the Lost Coast, west of Ferndale

Exactly, now upgraded to 7.0 offshore. Another 5.8 one near Cobb, CA.

bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:09 (one year ago)

Got the warning, felt nothing.

Same here. Very disorienting.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:12 (one year ago)

Dunno how legit this is but I'm not in the hazard zone: https://www.sf72.org/hazard/tsunamis

More Cumin Than Cumin (Leee), Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:16 (one year ago)

CA geological survey website is unsurprisingly not accessible.

More Cumin Than Cumin (Leee), Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:18 (one year ago)

my family up there not responding to texts, maybe some cellphone outages

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:20 (one year ago)

apparently there was a cluster of smaller quakes in the same area, yesterday morning

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:26 (one year ago)

Here's when it would happen, if anything (12:10 p.m. PST):

Tsunami waves are expected to reach the coast in San Francisco around 12:10 pm. Tsunami sirens are going off along the coastline in parts of Northern California.

Waves may already be impacting Eureka and Fort Bragg. pic.twitter.com/9cmFi9jWOS

— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) December 5, 2024

bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:29 (one year ago)

!

Evacuation Order for Tsunami issued for West Berkeley:

"Tsunami coming to West Berkeley. EVACUATE NOW. Stay east of 7th St. See https://t.co/Q7EBsaq1Se.

Immediate threat to life. This is a lawful order to leave now. The area is lawfully closed to public access." pic.twitter.com/9zgM9k1BNl

— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) December 5, 2024

bratwurst autumn (Eazy), Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:31 (one year ago)

heard from the family - they said it was really long and rolling, but not much damage reported

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:33 (one year ago)

Good to hear Andy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzMlCj0hf4M

More Cumin Than Cumin (Leee), Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:37 (one year ago)

my stepbrother said all his surfing buddies are out on the water, they may not have even known about it

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:41 (one year ago)

Tsunami warning is being rescinded, which is good.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:49 (one year ago)

too bad, that could've been the end of Emeryville

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 December 2024 19:55 (one year ago)

!

🐦[Evacuation Order for Tsunami issued for West Berkeley:

"Tsunami coming to West Berkeley. EVACUATE NOW. Stay east of 7th St. See https://t.co/Q7EBsaq1Se🕸.

Immediate threat to life. This is a lawful order to leave now. The area is lawfully closed to public access." pic.twitter.com/9zgM9k1BNl🕸
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) December 5, 2024🕸]🐦


This is where homeless encampments are concentrated

sarahell, Thursday, 5 December 2024 20:01 (one year ago)

too bad, that could've been the end of Emeryville


Damn but what about the Apple Store

sarahell, Thursday, 5 December 2024 20:05 (one year ago)

RIP Pixar

octobeard, Thursday, 5 December 2024 20:13 (one year ago)

That's what they get for announcing TS5.

Looks like the Berkeley evac order is also rescinded: https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/12/05/tsunami-warning-issued-for-california-berkeley

More Cumin Than Cumin (Leee), Thursday, 5 December 2024 20:16 (one year ago)

Is that Chevy’s still there?

sarahell, Thursday, 5 December 2024 21:03 (one year ago)

i didn't feel this at all though my kid claimed to in santa cruz which is weird. I was at the gym when this evaucation order hit (I'm about three blocks away from the evac zone in berkeley), my wife told me to go home and rescue our dogs. So left, heading toward this potential tsunami, to rescue two chihuahuas who did not even register that there had been an earthquake earlier and continued licking themselves in their dog beds. evac order cancelled when I was halfway home. what an annoying day!

I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 5 December 2024 21:48 (one year ago)

the Chevy's is empty, they moved out, leaving that awesome location vacant.

I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 5 December 2024 21:48 (one year ago)

too bad, that could've been the end of Emeryville

hey now my recording studio is there

I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 5 December 2024 21:49 (one year ago)

you should move your studio to the vacant Chevy's, though freeway noise might be an issue

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 5 December 2024 22:59 (one year ago)

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/earthquakes/california-earthquakes-aftershocks-tsunami/3576434/

a fair number of aftershocks

omar little, Friday, 6 December 2024 20:24 (one year ago)

i like how news organizations always send a crew to photograph supermarket aisles full of items that fell off shelves, because that photo-op is so completely reliable

more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 6 December 2024 20:33 (one year ago)

the Guardian had a photo of a destroyed bong shop, glass everywhere

Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 6 December 2024 20:50 (one year ago)

four months pass...

San Diego 6.0? 😬

omar little, Monday, 14 April 2025 17:11 (eleven months ago)

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake
Affected countries: United States and Mexico
3 miles from San Diego Country Estates, CA · 10:08 AM

sleeve, Monday, 14 April 2025 17:21 (eleven months ago)

I'm seeing 5.2?

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40925991/

octobeard, Monday, 14 April 2025 17:30 (eleven months ago)

ah ok, I got the earlier one from a coworker in CA

sleeve, Monday, 14 April 2025 17:32 (eleven months ago)

five months pass...

Pretty decent lil 4.2 earthquake. The epicenter was Dwight and Piedmont in Berkeley.

reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 22 September 2025 11:17 (five months ago)

A couple things fell over in my kitchen. That was a good jolt, I had a hard time getting back to sleep

Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 22 September 2025 16:38 (five months ago)

Yeah, I felt it pretty strongly. I had a hard time going back to sleep because I started thinking about how the current federal government might (not) respond to a massive quake in this area.

beard papa, Monday, 22 September 2025 17:43 (five months ago)

oh yeah... if they won't even help Huckabee in Arkansas with flood relief, there's no way they'd lift a single finger for the Bay Area

Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 22 September 2025 17:54 (five months ago)

that was kinda fun

disco stabbing horror (lukas), Monday, 22 September 2025 17:59 (five months ago)

Agreed, a nice little jolt. But I also thought similar to beard and Andy there.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 September 2025 18:05 (five months ago)

Yeah I woke up with an "oh shit", but fortunately it was quick (<10 seconds I think). This is def the last time we want a big one hitting the bay. I also left my emergency water jug in the storage unit. Need to grab it and fill it again.

octobeard, Monday, 22 September 2025 18:28 (five months ago)

Had a plate fall off the dishrack and it didn’t break. Felt grateful for the soft story retrofit the landlord did awhile back. I also felt gratified by my upbringing in storing valuable breakable items on lower shelves or at the very back of cabinets.

sarahell, Tuesday, 23 September 2025 16:02 (five months ago)

I felt a baby aftershock yesterday afternoon... just a quick 'thud!', no real shaking to speak of

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 23 September 2025 16:07 (five months ago)

Yeah, felt that too. Like a quick snap of the fingers.

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 23 September 2025 16:15 (five months ago)

two months pass...

another little jolt

Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 8 December 2025 22:57 (three months ago)


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