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millomite Dances with sheep Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Total posts: 196 Location: Close to a sheep near you Gender: Male |
 Posted: 22-12-2010 00:12 Post subject: Earthquake |
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| We have just had an earthquake - Millom in Cumbria - don't know where the epicentre is - is there any news otu there? |
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| millomite Dances with sheep Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Total posts: 196 Location: Close to a sheep near you Gender: Male |
| Posted: 22-12-2010 00:13 Post subject: Aftershocks |
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| Two aftershocks - very small though. |
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| escargot1 Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Total posts: 17897 Location: Farkham Hall Age: 4 Gender: Female |
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| millomite Dances with sheep Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Total posts: 196 Location: Close to a sheep near you Gender: Male |
| Posted: 22-12-2010 00:20 Post subject: Earthquake |
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| Just been confirmed on Sky. |
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| Spudrick68 Great Old One Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Total posts: 1111 Location: sunny Morecambe Age: 45 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 22-12-2010 02:07 Post subject: |
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| Wierdly enough, a friend of mine who lives In Lancaster asked if there had been an earthquake. Myself and a friend who live in Morecambe (about 3 miles away), felt nothing at all. I assume we must be closer to Coniston, but there you go. |
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| escargot1 Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Total posts: 17897 Location: Farkham Hall Age: 4 Gender: Female |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21369 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 22-12-2010 09:41 Post subject: |
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Earthquake in Cumbria felt across neighbouring counties
A small earthquake has hit Cumbria and surrounding counties.
People described hearing and feeling the earth moving for "well over a minute" just after 2300 GMT on Tuesday.
The earthquake, which had a magnitude of 3.6, was felt in locations across Cumbria and in Lancashire, south-west Scotland, parts of Yorkshire, Northumberland and the Isle of Man.
Police say there are no reports of injury or damage so far. The tremor was picked up by the US Geological Survey.
People have contacted the BBC to say they felt the tremor in places including Barrow, Sellafield, Cockermouth, Windermere and Penrith.
Cumbria Fire and Rescue service has also confirmed the quake.
A spokesman said: "We have had no requests from members of the public. At the moment, we don't believe there is any structural damage."
Data from the British Geological Survey (BGS) showed the location of the quake as Coniston, in Cumbria, 9km (5.6 miles) south-west of Ambleside and with a depth of 14.3km (8.9 miles).
David Galloway, a seismologist with the BGS, said: "We've not had any reports of any damage and it's probably unlikely that there will be damage.
"We do get a few earthquakes in this country and maybe get one of this size every 12 to 18 months, but damage is very unlikely."
Gilbert McGowan, of Castle Douglas in Dumfriesshire, told the BBC that his house "moved for 30 seconds" during the tremor, leading him to think a gas boiler had blown up or a car had hit his house.
Karen Dickinson of Caton, Lancashire, said: "The whole house shook and it was very frightening."
Neil Wilkinson, of Whitehaven, Cumbria, said the tremor "shook my house and the bed I was lying in".
He added: "It sounded briefly like a large lorry was approaching. After several seconds the tremors began and lasted for approximately two seconds."
Peter Kelly, owner of the Yewdale Hotel in Coniston, said: "We felt the earthquake. It probably lasted about 30 seconds. It was quite noticeable.
"We were just closing up the bar with a few residents in and we just felt like a bang and then a rumbling but we couldn't decide what it was.
"There's no damage but there was a heavy rumbling."
A spokeswoman for Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue Service said people in its control room in Dumfries had felt a "small tremor" and there was a "bit of noise".
Susan Potter, geophysicist at the US Geological Society, said six earthquakes had been recorded within 50km of the latest quake during the past 40 years.
Of those, two have been of a magnitude of 3.7 - one in 1988 and another in 2009.
"This general region has had earthquakes of the same magnitude in the past," Ms Potter said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12056634 |
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| jimv1 Great Old One Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Total posts: 2734 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 22-12-2010 11:29 Post subject: |
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For a while, I've been interested in a theory that goes along the lines of earthquakes increasing in magnitude around the time of a full moon, being particularly strong at the equinox. So around this time I usually take a look at the USGS earthquake site....
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/
...Which tells me that in the last hour that Japan has been hit by a 7.4 with a tsunami warning.
The site shows that quakes happen all over the place all the time, but since the Boxing Day Tsunami I've looked to see if there's any proof in the numbers and I've come to the conclusion it's more probable that a large quake will occur around the time of a full moon and a few days after. |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21369 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 22-12-2010 12:31 Post subject: |
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| jimv1 wrote: | | For a while, I've been interested in a theory that goes along the lines of earthquakes increasing in magnitude around the time of a full moon, being particularly strong at the equinox. |
I'm sure I've discussed this idea on this MB before, although I can't seem to find it right now.
(BTW, we're not at an equinox right now - it's the winter solstice.) |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21369 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
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| Mal_Content Great Old One Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Total posts: 779 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 22-12-2010 13:50 Post subject: |
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did anyone watch Mock the Week last night (22/12/2010)
had a segment about how funny it was that english police forces were doing earthquake training.
Prog went out just before 11.00pm |
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| jimv1 Great Old One Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Total posts: 2734 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 23-12-2010 00:12 Post subject: |
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| rynner2 wrote: | | jimv1 wrote: | | For a while, I've been interested in a theory that goes along the lines of earthquakes increasing in magnitude around the time of a full moon, being particularly strong at the equinox. |
I'm sure I've discussed this idea on this MB before, although I can't seem to find it right now.
(BTW, we're not at an equinox right now - it's the winter solstice.) |
Yes I know... But if I'm not mistaken, the Icelandic Volcano began its eruption as near as dammit to the 20th March and that WAS an equinox. |
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| millomite Dances with sheep Joined: 20 Apr 2004 Total posts: 196 Location: Close to a sheep near you Gender: Male |
| Posted: 23-12-2010 20:38 Post subject: |
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| Mal_Content wrote: | did anyone watch Mock the Week last night (22/12/2010)
had a segment about how funny it was that english police forces were doing earthquake training.
Prog went out just before 11.00pm |
Yes I did! I laughed at it and then ten minutes later I was literally quaking  |
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| jimv1 Great Old One Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Total posts: 2734 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 25-12-2010 20:10 Post subject: |
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| jimv1 wrote: | For a while, I've been interested in a theory that goes along the lines of earthquakes increasing in magnitude around the time of a full moon, being particularly strong at the equinox. So around this time I usually take a look at the USGS earthquake site....
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/
...Which tells me that in the last hour that Japan has been hit by a 7.4 with a tsunami warning.
The site shows that quakes happen all over the place all the time, but since the Boxing Day Tsunami I've looked to see if there's any proof in the numbers and I've come to the conclusion it's more probable that a large quake will occur around the time of a full moon and a few days after. |
The proof of the Xmas pudding.....
Magnitude 7.3 - VANUATU REGION
2010 December 25 13:16:37 UTC
| Quote: | Powerful earthquake strikes South Pacific sparking tsunami alert
A powerful earthquake struck under the sea near Vanuatu early Sunday, generating a small tsunami in the South Pacific.
No damage or injuries were immediately reported.
The 7.3 magnitude quake struck Sunday just after midnight about 140 miles south of Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1341526/Powerful-earthquake-strikes-South-Pacific-sparking-tsunami-alert.html |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
Great Old One Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Total posts: 21369 Location: Under the moon Gender: Male |
| Posted: 04-01-2011 10:42 Post subject: Earthquakes and Eclipses |
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| Quote: | Earthquake hits North Yorkshire
A small earthquake has hit northern England, scientists have confirmed.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the 3.6-magnitude quake struck 9km north-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire just after 2100 GMT on Monday.
People in Bingley and Skipton, north-west of Leeds, reported feeling tremors, which were experienced across Cumbria and West Yorkshire.
The BGS said an earthquake of such size might be felt up to 100km away but was unlikely to cause much damage.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12109625 |
This occurred just 12 hours before this:
| Quote: | Early partial solar eclipse for 2011
By Jonathan Amos, Science correspondent, BBC News
People standing across a great swathe of the Earth's surface are seeing the Moon take a big bite out of the Sun.
For north Africa and much of Europe, the event began at sunrise, whereas in central Russia and north-west China, the spectacle occurs at sunset.
North-east Sweden should have had the best sight. From 0850 GMT, near the city of Skelleftea, the Moon covered almost 90% of the Sun's diameter.
To get the best view, however, Swedish skywatchers will have had to have a high vantage point, as both celestial bodies were skirting the horizon at that time.
As is always the case for solar eclipses, the public has been warned to take great care.
Viewing the Sun's harsh light should only be done through protective equipment - proper solar glasses and solar telescopes, or through a pinhole projection system.
In many places, professional and amateur astronomy groups have set up safe observing systems. In the UK, for example, there were a series of events tied into the BBC's Stargazing Live programmes.
Partial solar eclipses occur when the Sun and Moon do not quite align in the sky as viewed from Earth, and the deep shadow cast by the smaller body passing across the bigger one just misses the planet.
etc...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12100295 |
The Cumbrian earthquake at the start of this thread took place just under a fortnight ago, about the time of the previous full moon. |
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