View Full Version : did anyone just feel that earthquake!?
woody
21-10-2002, 12:51 PM
christ!
i'm 5 floors up in the office at work and the whole building just shook like mad...twice
:eek: :mashed: :slayer:
ad_rewind
21-10-2002, 01:03 PM
Yeh sorry bout that Woody ... I had curry last night!
:deval:
heh
yeah i live on the 4th floor just near piccadilly - i felt it!
aparrently there was another one just before 9am this morning too.. just seen it on the news, thats 2 major (for the uk :p) earthquakes today, and there were others about a month ago too in the midlands, they shook parts of Manchester too!
ARE WE ALL GOING TO DIE?
:csaw:
i felt it.
I am now messaging you this from underneath some polystyrene in the scottish highlands.
So long suckers.
:finger:
woody
21-10-2002, 02:01 PM
Originally posted by poi
ARE WE ALL GOING TO DIE?
:csaw:
yes...there was one last night, one this morning and then 2 today...
whats goin on? :darkside:
woody
21-10-2002, 02:09 PM
apparently the CIS buliding (tallest building in manchester) has been evacuated...
and there's gonna be another at 2:30, in which case im going home...:mashed: :cry:
DJ-DS
21-10-2002, 03:12 PM
Lets hope Old Trafford falls down:finger: MAN UNITED:finger:
ad_rewind
21-10-2002, 03:18 PM
For those who are interested ...
THE North West was hit by four earth tremors today, shaking buildings across the region.
Manchester took the brunt of the first quake - a two-second rumble which was felt over a wide area of the city which struck just before 9am.
A smaller tremor hit about 10 minutes later and a third just after before 12.45pm.
The city's tallest structure, the CIS building, was put on red alert and the Royal Exchange Theatre and surrounding shops in the city centre have been evacuated.
The latest tremors happened 30 seconds apart and were felt as far away as Rochdale.
Workers in the city centre said the afternoon quake was stronger than the tremors this morning.
Emergency services reported dozens of calls, but said it is too early to comment if any damage had been caused.
The British Geological Survey says the first readings showed that the 9am earthquake had measured between 2.5 and three on the Richter scale.
Assistant seismologist Julian Bukits, said: "That is a fairly large earthquake for the UK, although we would not expect damage to have been caused."
He said the tremor was not comparable with that which shook the West Midlands last month, and which measured 4.8 on the scale.
Mr Bukits, at the Survey's headquarters in Edinburgh, said it appeared the earthquake had been confined to Greater Manchester, with reports coming in from Manchester and neighbouring Oldham, Salford and Stockport.
"Because it is such a densely populated area more people will have felt the effects and more people will have reported it," he said.
Readings are still being analysed. Mr Bukits said that if the tremor had measured 2.5 around 10 such earthquakes would be expected in the UK each year.
(Only 2.5 on the Richter Scale? Ysure it wasn't just asok the boy-racer driving around in his Nova GTE, complete with Sub-woofer and bass-boost, playing heavy DnB?)
woody
21-10-2002, 03:33 PM
if that was only 2.5 then i hate to think what a 7 is like :mashed:
there was stuff falling off me desk an everythin...:slayer:
BEN D.PLOY
21-10-2002, 04:51 PM
im from san francisco and know what earthquakes are about.... the buildings in the UK are not built for eathquakes
the uk houses/buildings are mainley brick and stone, US buildings/ houses are wood, so they dont come down on u like a ton of bricks,, theyre made to bend , UK earthquakes are scary, no one knows what to do...
u all know to get under a doorway or under a table. right ?:confused:
......i felt the earthquake at 1 am, about a month and half ago.
Lone ranger 4
21-10-2002, 05:07 PM
i like earthquake, however Ultimate warrior was my favourite wrestler of all time.
i like earthquake, however Ultimate warrior was my favourite wrestler of all time.
:confused: :confused: :confused:
:hmm: :hmm:
Lone ranger 4
21-10-2002, 05:19 PM
:wave:
ad_rewind
21-10-2002, 06:57 PM
Planet Earth to Lone Ranger 4 ....
Come in Lone Ranger 4 ....
Lone Ranger 4, can you hear us?
This is Planet Earth calling Lone Ranger 4 ....
the richter [sp?] scale aint linear so a 2.6 is miles more than a 2.5.
bit like decibels :D
the daze sphincter scale went off the chart though :eek: :eek:
woody
21-10-2002, 08:09 PM
Originally posted by BEN D.PLOY
u all know to get under a doorway or under a table. right ?
we do now, cheers chief...:thumbs:
There was an earthquake in North Wales about 15 years ago measuring 5.7 on the richter scale!! Great fun when you were 8 years old - probably fill my pants now though?
Does anyone remember it?
D-Tails
22-10-2002, 11:17 AM
i might remember that....i was very small....but i could be dreaming
D-Tails
22-10-2002, 11:41 AM
i might remember that....i was very small....but i could be dreaming
2 more this morning!
and one about 30 secs ago :mygod:
Yup, i felt that one! Scary stuff when you're stuck up here!
Its all obviously gonna lead up to some kick-ass mega-quake, so why doesn't it jus happen now so we can all get it over and done with! :slayer:
No, hang on a minute! Scrub that. Im sure it can hang on until friday night, its the Mampi Swift all-nighter! I'm sure that'll get the party moving! :slayer:
woody
22-10-2002, 01:51 PM
Originally posted by poi
2 more this morning!
and one about 30 secs ago :mygod:
that one just spilt me minestrone...:cry:
seriously though, what the funk is goin on?
no earthquakes for ages and then about 10 in the space of 2 days...
(has anyone seen the film tremors? :slayer: )
At first i thought it was just a fat man running through the office.
Bumfat
22-10-2002, 07:09 PM
omnikut....do you get a lot of fatmen running thru your office? I wanna see Mampi Swift but I dont wanna be eaten by some giant fuckin worm!
Bah! I'm working in London during the week now so I missed them all!
So I miss out on all the fun but I bet when I come back next weekend my house is a pile of smoking ruins :(
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