Earthquake?

It was VERY DRAMATIC here in Nottingham. First I thought the washing machine had gone onto spin (the magnets don't work, so it rumbles more heavily than it should), but the rumbling was coming from the wrong side of the house, so then I thought it was something to do with the heating system. I was on the ground floor and, as they say, The Whole House Shook. It was quite trippy really. Lasted about 10 seconds and set car alarms off outside. Checked on my partner two stories up and it had woken him. We both acted like complete drama queens for a minute or two (OH MY GOD I STILL FEEL SO SHAKY!), then I went back and made virtual cocoa for my Twitter pals.

I felt it slightly in south Oxfordshire. It wouldn't have been enough to wake me though. I thought I was probably imagining it or had managed to kick the bedsprings, but I couldn't recreate the side-to-side bed-wobble and it felt a bit like the thump of the last mini-earthquake, so I did wonder at the time if it'd been another.

I'm sure there was a small earthquake in Swindon in the 80s which took chunks off the college, a year or two before freak winds took the roof off it, in a God-really-does-hate-Swindon sort of way, but googling is not finding me any confirmation of either.

like Mark i felt the minimum effect. pretty much exactly the same sensation as the Dudley one in '02 - lying in bed watching in TV, hear this tapping sound from outside and slight shaking of the bed for about 5-10 seconds.

I was asleep, but my girlfriend felt it, and somehow thought it was my doing.

Surely you are required, as a man, to employ a godawful line about making the earth move for her (baby) in this instance. YOU'LL NEVER GET ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

West London, felt nuffin. Lame.

I** A**** APOLOGISES FOR ANY INCONVIENIANCE HE MAY HAVE CAUSED LAST NIGHT BY MAKING THE EARTH MOVE SO VIVIDLY ;o) lol. 1m ago

Worst Facebook update ever.

i thought it was a very strong wind!! looking back on it now, that makes no sense, everything wobbled for a good 20 seconds or so, including the lid of my laptop

I** A**** APOLOGISES FOR ANY INCONVIENIANCE HE MAY HAVE CAUSED LAST NIGHT BY MAKING THE EARTH MOVE SO VIVIDLY ;o) lol. 1m ago

we really need a cull

west london, felt the voib

oh what am i having like, muscle spams now > UH NO WAIT!!! > oh nm it's gone > back to watching shonky 90s detective movie ZERO EFFECT lol

up in grim north-east, I felt not a thing, though apparently some people in newcastle did. I feel a bit cheated.

pfft. i was watching star trek, that's as exciting as it was here

in cambridge, which is closer to lincoln than a whole lot of places, it did not stir my whisky-soaked brain i did not feel it at all :/

Felt it in Ormskirk just north of Liverpool, picture started banging against the wall, then the whole room moved for about 2 seconds.

i woke up to this...
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/disasters/earthquake.jpg

Charlotte Green and Rob Wilkinson were enjoying a sexy cuddle in Gainsborough, Lincs.

The Sun's use of the term 'sexy' is alays cringeworthy for some reason.

Also, how much were they paid for this photo? Not enough is my estimate.

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00443/snn2804mn384_443931a.jpg

Green pillowcases with red/orabge duvet cover!

The earth moved for me in North London. I am on the top floor of a building, I suppose that makes a difference.

i thought it was a very strong wind!!

That was all I could think of at the time too!

There was a couple on the telly last night and she had just given birth and he was just cutting the umbilical cord as the room started shaking. Can't have been fun trying to, say, conduct open heart surgery or something as the trolley goes sliding down the theatre or whatever.

Sting being interviewed in the NME in 1980: "I mean, why do the Sun always refer to me as Sexy Sting? I don't go up to people and say hello, I'm Sexy Sting."

Doesn't he?

No, he went up to people and said "hello, I'm Gorgeous Gordon"

"Controversial Colin"

i apparently woke up and told my girlfriend the bed was shaking (in stoke newington) and we had a conversation about it, but i remember none of it.

You'll never get your picture in The Sun with that story

in cambridge, which is closer to lincoln than a whole lot of places, it did not stir my whisky-soaked brain i did not feel it at all :/

wait wha? you are in cambridge now?

ps. i felt it really violently and freaked out a bit since i was half asleep and it never clicked that it might be an earthquake

In NEW JERSEY? Moments ago?

Rockaway. As report on 4NY

Er...near Morristown

usgs link or it never happened.

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212205053.shtml

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/37.47.-80.-70.php

3.0

Small Earthquake Hits New Jersey

"What the fuck?" said John Passano, 25, of North Brunswick.

So that just now was the 2nd earthquake Melbourne has had in 2 weeks - we normally dont have them at all (minor tremor in '06 and thats all I can recall in 15 years here).

2 in 2 weeks? Rather disconcerting...

hellmouth's gonna open up, mark my words

There's some maaaaajor quakin goin on in Indonesia, has been for weeks, so I guess that's triggering faultlines or something I dunno?

how large?

the quake that is, not the hellmouth

Not much, both were 4.6 and not centred in Melb itself (town about 2 hrs away), but both quakes had the same epicentre which is odd.

slept through today's but woke up about 2 mins after - must have nudged me awake. yeah it is weird that there's been two within such a short time and originating in the same area.

At least you guys aren't in Darwin (for many obv reasons, but relating to earthquakes)

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Magnitude
? (uncertain or not yet determined)
Date-Time
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 17:40:29 UTC
Monday, March 30, 2009 at 10:40:29 AM at epicenter
Location
37.284°N, 121.620°W
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 miles)
Region
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances
18 km (11 miles) N (7°) from Morgan Hill, CA
19 km (12 miles) E (91°) from Seven Trees, CA
20 km (13 miles) ESE (117°) from Alum Rock, CA
25 km (16 miles) ESE (104°) from San Jose City Hall, CA
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.7 km (0.4 miles)
Parameters
NST= 25, Nph= 25, Dmin=10 km, Rmss=0.05 sec, Gp=104°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=0
Source
California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID
nc40234037

I felt it in SF. It was really small here though. I almost thought it was a truck going down the street.

I think this was the first earthquake I've felt in our office building (Mission+Beale, 20th floor)

Magnitude 4.4 first estimate.

Funny thing is that 9:30 - 10:00 they were talking about quakes and some socal quake on Forum.

I read that as "social quake," which actually sounds somewhat pleasant.

Felt this in Cupertino. Nobody even got up from the meeting table, though. Jaded Californians.