The earth moved for me this morning...

4.3 on the ricter scale too

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6602677.stm

Tbh, wondered what the heck was going on. Woke up and thought it was my neighbour in the flat above moving furniture about.

You sure it wasn't just PigBearBunk running up some stairs?

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

You sure it wasn't just PigBearBunk running up some stairs?

LOL

Thats mean, he;s only just turned into a bear! He's a cub, at the moment, surely?

I saw this on the BBC website. How can Kent have an earthquake? Theres no techtonic plates there? Any geologists/geophysicists care to explain for me?

Perhaps Hell is opening up...

Matt

[timwilky]

Damm, must use a bigger device next time to get that lump at the bottom of the country to break off.

A very very minor earth tremor with little damage and no dead.

Yet headline news as if it was a chuffing hydrogen bomb.

This country stops at the M25.

I will vote SNP now out of spite.

Are you sure it wasn't the Mighty CBF straining at the leash?

Originally Posted by The Basket

A very very minor earth tremor with little damage and no dead.

Yet headline news as if it was a chuffing hydrogen bomb.

This country stops at the M25.

I will vote SNP now out of spite.

omg that is serious - voting SNP I mean

LOL - did you see that quote? One guy thought that the bed was shaking so violently cos his wife had cramp or somthing!!!! Classic!

Originally Posted by lynw

4.3 on the ricter scale too

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6602677.stm

Tbh, wondered what the heck was going on. Woke up and thought it was my neighbour in the flat above moving furniture about.

surely it was just the sound of the SV France Rideout passing through??

Originally Posted by The Basket

A very very minor earth tremor with little damage and no dead.

Yet headline news as if it was a chuffing hydrogen bomb.

This country stops at the M25.

I will vote SNP now out of spite.

Oh, sorry is there life north of London and Kent then??

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

I saw this on the BBC website. How can Kent have an earthquake? Theres no techtonic plates there? Any geologists/geophysicists care to explain for me?

Perhaps Hell is opening up...

No, it can actually happen anywhere.

The most common cause, however, is tectonic plate movement. This is simply when pressure that has built up in tectnonic plates causes the rock to break suddenly - usually occurring at the boundaries of tectonic plates and along existing faults.

The point where an earthquake starts is called the focus (or hypocentre), and it may be many kilometres below the earth's surface. The point on the earth's surface that is directly above the focus is called the epicentre.

Where do earthquakes occur?

Earthquakes occur anywhere. The majority, however, take place at the boundaries of the major crustal plates. The most destructive types of earthquakes happen where the earth's plates collide (called 'interplate earthquakes'), for example the recent Far East tsunami.

Britain is not on a faultline so does not experience these destructive interplate earthquakes. Instead we are often hit by 'intraplate earthquakes'. This type of earthquake occurs within the plate, at weak points in the rock, as it tries to deform (or change its shape).

Originally Posted by Jester666

Are you sure it wasn't the Mighty CBF straining at the leash?

Its staying put a little this week. Just taken it over the 500 mile mark and service isnt til Friday. Think Kent is doomed to more tremors til then