Magnitude 4.7 earthquake hits England

[Wednesdays]

Hey, I'm getting anecdotal reports of an earthquake hitting England within the last hour. Report is, it was 4.7 on Richter scale...epicenter was Hull, England.

Anyone else hear of this?

[mr_hat]

1. Wicked, wicked Zoot!

[Greeby]

2. Just a momentary shake here

Guess it was worse further north

[high density]

3. BBC News heard of it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7266136.stm

[Wednesdays]

7. Thanks for the link!

Now that it's confirmed, I've posted it at LBN.

[Taverner]

4. Check here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7266136.stm

[xchrom]

5. stiff upper lip!

wow -- that's something -- 4.7 england?

[BeatleBoot]

6. USGS Link here - Yes England had an Earthquake alright

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

It happened at 00:56:45 UTC

Approx location:

50 km (30 miles) S of Kingston upon Hull, England, UK
70 km (45 miles) NE of Nottingham, England, UK
80 km (50 miles) E of Sheffield, England, UK
205 km (125 miles) N of LONDON, United Kingdom

Location: 53.321°N, 0.314°W

Depth: 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

[hedgehog]

8. I thought this post was a commentary on the report denigrating

antidepressants! The author is associated with the university at Hull,

[Donnachaidh]

9. WTF? Is there known fault lines there?

We used to joke about that level in California - but it must have been pretty freaky in an area where they don't have them! :wow:

[BeatleBoot]

10. You may be surprised at USA Earthquakes - some of the Largest in Missouri

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/10_largest_us.php

We had one in Detroit the week the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded (or pretty close to that time - within a week).

Obviously not inferring any cause and effect there, just the historical timeframe is all.

[Mr Creosote]

11. Hear of it???????????

I felt it - the whole house shook. This is my second British earthquake - we had a 3.6 in Cornwall a few years back.

[Karenina]

13. I lived in California for more than a decade.

Under 5.0 in the wee hours, it's a truck or WHATEVER. Roll over, go back to sleep. :boring:

[BeatleBoot]

12. Here's an Intensity Map from the USGS

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ous/STORE/X2008nyae/ciim_display.html

[Anarcho-Socialist]

14. I felt it here in Co. Durham

I had one of those "what the fuck was that?" moments as the house shook.

[ElizabethDC]

15. I felt it here in London.

I've only been living here for a couple of months . . . didn't know they had earthquakes in this country, so I didn't know what was going on!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

16. The British Geological Survey said it believed the quake was of the magnitude of 5.1

according to the BBC link upthread.