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02-27-2008, 06:02 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2004
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  | Earthquake An earthquake hit Britain last night at around 1am, the epicentre was Wragby near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire - which is not that far from me. I felt it and the son of a b*tch woke me up ! It was 5.2 on the richter scale.
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02-27-2008, 06:09 AM
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| Yeah. Huge chasms ripped in the ground followed by fire and brimstone...end of the world is nigh!...Or a chimney pot fell off a house causing many pounds of damage. The non event of the year. It was in England though so no harm done. |
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02-27-2008, 06:51 AM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Hope everyone is allright. Fortunatly it was not too big.
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02-27-2008, 08:17 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| 5.2 is pretty good sized, depending on the depth and the length of the temblor. Did you get the rolling motion, or the sharp, pounding motion? That's usually tell you how close to the epicenter you are or how big it is.
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02-27-2008, 08:32 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Long Island New York Home of Grumman's,and Republic aircraft.
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| Hope for no injuries ! |
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02-27-2008, 09:06 AM
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| There were a few injuries; not too many. I'm about 50 miles from Market Rasen, and it was a rolling motion -I thought I was dreaming at first when I woke up; it's obviously something I've never encountered before. I got woken up , my house shook for about 5 minutes and my girlfriend told me to stop wriggling before she realised the whole room was shaking !! 
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02-27-2008, 09:41 AM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| Pretty wild D - now you could vist California and feel at home!
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02-27-2008, 11:15 AM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| Rolling motion is usually what you feel. If it goes to straight up and down, it's a real ride. I've only felt it once, thankfully.
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02-27-2008, 03:05 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
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| I dont think many brick buildings in the UK are seismically safe.... so good thing noone was hurt.
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02-27-2008, 03:08 PM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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 | Dammit I go away and I miss all the fun... Glad everything is fine.
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02-28-2008, 06:42 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004
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| British buildings certainly aren't designed to withstand earthquakes, sys, but none fell down - the only damage suffered was a few cracks in the houses near the epicentre and a couple of chimneys fell off.
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club. |
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02-28-2008, 09:07 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx
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| Glad your safe Plan_D, and all our other British friends.
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