Earthquake reported in North Devon/South Wales

[gramps]

Sky News reporting an investigation into a reported earthquake this morning in North Devon and South Wales - anyone feel it?

Talking of sinkholes

 

[Nikon_Nick]

Did they actually call it an Earthquake though, or did they refer to it as ' significant tectonic movement', in the same way as the BBC were reporting 'Hurricane Force winds', and not hurricanes?

 

[Dave-G]

My daughter felt it upstairs. We live in Barnstaple.

 

[MWHCVT]

I remember a few years back lying in bed when we had an earthquake locally, it was a really odd experience

 

[SarahLee]

Nope - not a thing here.
What time was it supposed to have been?

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

1pm iirc

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26277432

 

[Gary Coyle]

1pm iirc

I fell out of bad at that time, could have been my fault

 

[gramps]

Didn't wake disturb me at all.

 

[Big Andy]

Did they actually call it an Earthquake though, or did they refer to it as ' significant tectonic movement', in the same way as the BBC were reporting 'Hurricane Force winds', and not hurricanes?

They reported hurricane force winds because they were hurricane force and they didn't report hurricanes because we had no hurricanes and couldn't have in this latitude.
As to the earthquake, I didn't feel a thing here in Newport but did feel one back in 1976 iirc.

 

[Nikon_Nick]

They reported hurricane force winds because they were hurricane force and they didn't report hurricanes because we had no hurricanes and couldn't have in this latitude.
As to the earthquake, I didn't feel a thing here in Newport but did feel one back in 1976 iirc.

Nit picking pedant of the week award goes to......

 

[neil_g]

i thought i felt an earthquake down south once, if i remember rightly i asked some body which was responsible for monitoring these things (possibly the BGS) and i was told something along the lines of "dont be so silly the nearest fault is off the north coast of scotland"

 

[big soft moose]

I remember a few years back falling out of bed when they thought ther was an earthquake locally,

EFT

 

[SarahLee]

1pm iirc

Thanks Tom

Well I'm home from work and pleased to report no sinkholes here.
Although now I've had chance to have a look at that link seems that we're a bit too far East to have really felt it.

 

[Nod]

1pm iirc

That was when I was giving Mrs Nod a cuddle - sorry to all who were affected by me making the earth move!

In the real world, didn't feel it here, although it did apparently register on seismographs in the city. According to the local news, the epicentre was in the middle of the Bristol Channel.