Earth tremor hits Lake District

[Mickey]

Did anyone feel the earth move last night



Tremor strikes north-west England



An earth tremor has struck the north west of England. The British Geological Survey confirmed there had been an earthquake of 3.7 magnitude at 1120 BST on Tuesday.
It centred on Ulverston in Cumbria and was felt at Barrow, Kendal, Windermere, and as far south as Blackpool and Lytham St Annes in Lancashire.
There are no initial reports of damage. But Frank McCall, of Grange-over-Sands, said: "I felt the house shake. At first I thought a lorry had hit."
'Massive shudder'
He added: "I went outside and noticed neighbours were also on their doorsteps looking a bit bewildered.
"There hasn't been any damage that I can see but it was quite frightening."
Michael Harris, a retired police officer from Slyne in North Lancaster, said he was sitting at home with his son and wife when they felt a "massive shudder".

We've had people talking about plant pots being shaken and things dropping off shelves




John Davies
South Lakeland District Council



North West tremor: your comments

He said: "Once it stopped I went outside as I wondered if there had been a crash or a gas explosion but when I couldn't see anything I knew it must be a tremor or something like that.
"I've never experienced anything that unnerving."
Hugh Rushton, owner of the Grange Hotel in Grange-over-Sands, said the tremor felt like a "large thump".
He said: "I actually thought someone large had fallen over in the room above. It was that kind of sound.
"I'm going to check there are no cracks in the building but there doesn't appear to have been any damage caused."
Police and the fire service said there had been no initial reports of damage or injuries.
'Relatively small'
John Davies, emergency planning officer for South Lakeland District Council, said: "We've had people talking about plant pots being shaken and things dropping off shelves but as far as we are aware there is no further damage."
A spokesman for the British Geological Survey said: "We picked it up on instrumentation.
"With a magnitude of 3.7 it is relatively small.
"We get one of this size roughly once every year in the UK and they rarely cause any damage."
In February 2008 the UK was shaken by the biggest earthquake for nearly 25 years.
It had a magnitude of 5.2 and was centred near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire.


Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8022583.stm

[BertRoot]

It was this morning and our office trembled in St Annes.

[Nibb]

Its the fucking Apocalypse I tells ya!

Repent...repent!!!

[Nibb]

We had one near us on April 7th 0.8 on the richter scale it was, my bed moves more when the missus farts to be honest!

[ap0c]

I am in St. Annes but was on the crapper at the time so was none the wiser!

[crashtestmac]

I am in St. Annes but was on the crapper at the time so was none the wiser!

So you are saying that it was not an earthquake at all it was you dropping a mud grenade...

[ap0c]

I am saying that if I wasn't so focussed at dropping the kids off at the pool I may have felt it!

[burner1]

Might have been that 29 stone fat bint on her way to the dole office.

[Mickey]

Might have been that 29 stone fat bint on her way to the dole office.

pmsl

[Nibb]

Might have been that 29 stone fat bint on her way to the dole office.

Nah it was just her chewing her fish and chips for the kids!

[BlackKnight]

Might have been that 29 stone fat bint on her way to the dole office.

Up from the depths,
30 stories wide,
breathing fire,
Spanning the sky,
Dole-zilla

[BertRoot]

Up from the depths,
30 stories wide,
breathing fire,
Spanning the sky,
Dole-zilla

and her kids the DoleZookies.

[willp2003]

yep i was in kendal and felt it, just a quick rumble.