Dizzy Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Warrington had an earthquake at 3am this morning..... did you notice ?http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20150119031539.html#page=summary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 I think I read somewhere that anything much less that 2 on the scale is only detectable by instruments, I'll check my trombone later! Maybe Gary dropped his wallet, although he normally catches it before it hits the ground. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Do I need my dustpan and brush? The dust hasn't settled on the park bench yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 What's the largest one ever recorded in Warrington ? I remember one years ago when I worked at BNFL. I was going up in the lift at the time and it shuddered but I never thought anything of it thinking it was just the lift until the doors opened and everyone looked like startled rabbits. Filing cabinets, desks and everything else had shaken the force of it and it really freaked everyone out. I was quite miffed that I'd missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 I remember one in 1977. I was at Warrington Tech on the 2nd or 3rd floor at the time. All the chairs and desks were shaking quite bad. Pretty scary at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 The largest one ever in the UK was in 1984 and was a magnitude 5.4. I remember being woken by the bed headrest banging against the wall (for the wrong reasons) and my then little son running in asking what's going on. Looking out of the window, the neighbors were all out in their pjs looking up at their chimney pots but there wasn't any damage I could see. The epicenter was near Porthmadog which was exactly where we were due to holiday the following week. While there, we had regular aftershocks that was similar to standing by a railway as a goods train went by but what surprised me the most is that you could actually hear it. I've felt others since then but they've been nothing special. Bill PS Surprised nobody's blamed it on fracking (yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Locks Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Bill PS Surprised nobody's blamed it on fracking (yet) Give 'em time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Has the Rugby team changed its name again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 I am told the one reported today didn't even come close to having the same impact as one of my sneezes let alone my wallet! In fact it was such a small earthqake it wasn't really worth reporting!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 And there was me thinking it was exciting and I'd slept through an earthquake.At what level do you start to feel them then ? (earthquakes that is) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Statistically, Britain has one of the highest number of earthquakes per year in the world!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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