Did the earth move for you?

Ah...so THAT's why the QE2 and QV are both over our side of the world....;p

I've been in a house destroyed by a tornado...but never an Earthquake.Bet thats freaky.  

I'll have to quiz my Dad on it.. he's in Hants.. Glad ur ok.

not a mobile home? Bet thats freaky

Just seen it on the BBC News. Looks like it was felt throughout the country. Hope everyone's OK over there and not too much damage   

Yup ... actually had a fair shake for a few seconds ... and my monitor fell over !! ( I have it sloping back from me ..)
.. and the 2 yorkies went stir crazy for a few minutes as well ...

4.7 isn't that big....when you get into the 6's...then it's a shaker.

Hope that everyone is okay.  

Wonder if we should start PM'ing folks or would it be wisher to wait?  :NOTSURE: 

Don't want to start sending emails and tying up essential services if they are need. :NOTSURE: 

Not from the UK but a little town called Elko Nevada,US. About 50 miles down the road is a town called Wells. On 02-21-08 they had a 6.4 with a 4.2 aftershok a hour later. The house here shook for about 60 seconds.It made the National news and from the TV pictures there was a lot of damage. No body was hurt. You just never know whats around the corner

Born and raised in California,  anything under a 4 and we didn't get out of bed.  Beed through many, watched the building accross the street split into 2 parts.  Think I'd rather have those than tornadoes.

Same here, and I agree. Earthquakes are usually few and far between, and the big ones are even more rare. Whereas with tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards etc...they're a yearly occurence.

Fuzzy, with a title like that, I thought this thread was about something else!!!    
Good to see you are alright!! I would rather have tornadoes than earthquakes, any day!

I live in Southern California and lived through the heart of the Northridge quake, etc. We have that kind of shake once a month here or so. I hope everyone is OK in the UK.

Yup, about 01:00hrs I think it was, too busy trying to work out what the heck the bang was to be sure. Short & sweet as if a big rig had just hit the house, only without the dust and debris.

Darn Trolls & their tunnels, no wonder the Earth is cracking... ;D

I was at work, seems everyone felt it except me. I didn't notice a thing!
I always miss the good stuff................ B[]

glad to see yr okay fuzz......my only experience of stuff like that was when i was in shanghai a few years back......the whole building just starting wobbling like jelly......i had no idea wtf was going on until after and someone told me........

I lived in Southern California and have been through a few earthquakes there. Mostly just shakers. Here in Northern Missouri we have frequent tornados. A few years ago my two daughters and I were taking a drive when the sky turned black and the rain was pouring down so hard I had to pull over. Then came the winds blowing hard; my truck started shaking and I told my daughters to start praying that we would be safe. I did not tell them until afterwards that a tornado had just passed by us.

Scary stuff!!! Serveral miles down the road the tornado hit some farms and just leveled their crops. A huge loss for the farmers.

I just spoke to my parents who live in the North East of England and they felt the "quake" although they are miles away from the epicentre which was in in Lincolnshire.
My Dad said it lasted for about 5 or 6 seconds and that the local news reported it as 5.3 on the thingumy scale.  

Yup, a 5.3. There is quite a bit of structural damage, but not severe, and one man was injured when a chimney fell on him. Apart from that everyone is ok.

I reckon it's the same bloke everytime something like this occurs.   

What the hell was Santa doing in the UK in Feb?  :NOTSURE: 

    Reconnaissance ?   

Nah, not likely... word has it that's not a seismic activity Fuzzy is all that familiar with these days.

It's good to know, though, that you're OK, Fuzzy... that the damage and injuries around the UK are not severe.

i thought this was a thread about sex when i saw the title. i must have issues