What caused the recent earthquake in England?

[matthyaouw]

The biggest earthquake in the UK for nearly 25 years has shaken homes across large parts of England.

People in Newcastle, Yorkshire, London, Manchester, the Midlands and Norfolk and also parts of Wales, felt the tremor just before 0100 GMT.

A man suffered leg injuries when a chimney collapsed in South Yorkshire.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) said the epicentre of the 5.3 magnitude quake was near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm

Wow, that was about 30 miles from my house. No damage, but certainly a shock to wake up to. Did anyone else feel it?

 

[amaq4]

Wow i felt it to, in Nottingham at around one o'clock in the morning it last for around 20-30 seconds. I woke up to severe shaking. I wonder were the earthquake happened or the tectonic plates just moved a couple of cm.

 

[amaq4]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7266136.stm

Wow, that was about 30 miles from my house. No damage, but certainly a shock to wake up to. Did anyone else feel it?

I felt one a couple of years ago it wasn't as strong but it was the same time (1 o'clock in the morning) and it lasted around 25 seconds and it also struck the same area's.

 

[amaq4]

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Wow, i felt it to but in Nottingham at around one o'clock in the morning it last for around 20-30 seconds. :zzz:I woke up to severe shaking. I wonder where the earthquake happened or the tectonic plates just moved a couple of cm. Scary!

 

[matthyaouw]

It was just near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire. Probably just a small slip along a largely inactive fault, but the BGS haven't really said.
You can read their report here: http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/uk_special/market_rasen_27_feb_2008.pdf

 

[Kurdt]

I'm in Newcastle and I was awake at 1am and I felt nothing. I live on a hill though, but I don't think that should make any difference.

 

[nicky nichols]

First of all, I felt nothing where I live in Central London.

Secondly however, there has been a lot of discussion in the workplace here about who felt what and where, and my preliminary understanding is that some of the results are very worrying for the housing market.

 

[cristo]

I was still awake at 1am last night and felt something. At first I thought I was going a little crazy since it just felt like the bed and the wall were shaking for a few seconds. It was only when I caught the news today that I realized what I had felt was an earthquake!

 

[chroot]

Geez, a 4.7. Big deal.

- Warren

 

[Kurdt]

Geez, a 4.7. Big deal.

- Warren

that's huge over here.

 

[matthyaouw]

It's been a slow news decade you see...

 

[tiny-tim]

london - vertical ripple in the wall

I was leaning against my bedroom wall (an internal wall, probably plasterboard) in North London, and I felt a vertical ripple move along the wall from North to South.

Also, the dressing-table mirror shook, for some time.

At the time, I thought it was caused by one of the mile-long heavy freight trains that sometimes shake the house.

 

[fuzzyfelt]

http://www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/13/1204118301/etchasketchquake.jpg

 

[matthyaouw]

Saw that yesterday- it made me laugh more than it should

 

[hypatia]

Never having mastered the Etch-a-Skech myself, I find this to be a horrible effect of the quake!

 

[velasjorge]

For the next earthquake, if you pay atention to the sounds and the movement you may be able to detect the direction of the epicentre, the source of the waves.

 

[amaq4]

First of all, I felt nothing where I live in Central London.

Secondly however, there has been a lot of discussion in the workplace here about who felt what and where, and my preliminary understanding is that some of the results are very worrying for the housing market.

You wouldn't have felt it in central london, it didn't happen there.

 

[Kurdt]

You wouldn't have felt it in central london, it didn't happen there.

People were reporting the tremors for miles around including London.

 

[Tana Umaga]

Wow, that was about 30 miles from my house. No damage, but certainly a shock to wake up to. Did anyone else feel it?

I felt it around 1:00 am

 

[faux]

I was in London during that time and haven't felt it. The next day, we went to the epicenter in Market Rasen and nearby area Gainsborough to do some damage assessment survey. Interestingly, more damage is seen such as toppled chimneys in Gainsborough several kilometers away from epicenter market Rasen.

 

[velasjorge]

I was in London during that time and haven't felt it. The next day, we went to the epicenter in Market Rasen and nearby area Gainsborough to do some damage assessment survey. Interestingly, more damage is seen such as toppled chimneys in Gainsborough several kilometers away from epicenter market Rasen.

Is the soil at Gainsborough more of a sandy structure than in Market Rasen?
The last earthquake near Pisco, Peru caused more damage there beacuse of the nature of the soil. Other places have withstood similar Ritcher degree with less damage.