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4.7 Kent UK
The BBC is consuming its news slot this morning with hearsay about a
4.7 quake in SE England. There is some talk of an explosion. A viewer sent in a picture of a seismograph that looks more like an explosion to my untutored eyes. The NEIC list says earthquake though. (Only just made it on -the criteria is that outside the States, they do not list quakes under 4M.) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...quakes_all.php As a corollary to that, the item was on as I switched my TV on just now. The picture was dire and I was thinking: "Interference.... what does that mean. I'll have to see what the great Weatherlawyer had to say previously on the subject." (Not having a database or a good memory.) |
4.7 Kent UK
"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message oups.com... The BBC is consuming its news slot this morning with hearsay about a 4.7 quake in SE England. There is some talk of an explosion. A viewer sent in a picture of a seismograph that looks more like an explosion to my untutored eyes. The NEIC list says earthquake though. (Only just made it on -the criteria is that outside the States, they do not list quakes under 4M.) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...quakes_all.php Try here... http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...ion/Europe.php |
4.7 is 5.0 Quake according to EMSC
The European Seismological Service reports a 5.0 Earthquake.
Why does Europe have its own monitoring service, when everyone looks at USGS? Visit this page for spoken announcements of all quake reports: http://satellite.ehabich.info/index_speak.html Eric Habich http://ehabich.info "Russel Sprout" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... "Weatherlawyer" wrote in message oups.com... The BBC is consuming its news slot this morning with hearsay about a 4.7 quake in SE England. There is some talk of an explosion. A viewer sent in a picture of a seismograph that looks more like an explosion to my untutored eyes. The NEIC list says earthquake though. (Only just made it on -the criteria is that outside the States, they do not list quakes under 4M.) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...quakes_all.php Try here... http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...ion/Europe.php |
4.7 Kent UK
Robb C. Overfield wrote:
On a tatty piece of sub-ether Russel Sprout at said... "Weatherlawyer" wrote in message oups.com... The BBC is consuming its news slot this morning with hearsay about a 4.7 quake in SE England. There is some talk of an explosion. A viewer sent in a picture of a seismograph that looks more like an explosion to my untutored eyes. The NEIC list says earthquake though. (Only just made it on -the criteria is that outside the States, they do not list quakes under 4M.) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...quakes_all.php Try here... http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...ion/Europe.php The location fix from the USGS put it just offshore, S of Dymchurch. So it's likely the explosion was as a result of the earthquake, not a cause. BGS interview on the TV indicated that the offshore feature that produced the event is well known.... |
4.7 is 5.0 Quake according to EMSC
"Erich Habich" wrote in message ... The European Seismological Service reports a 5.0 Earthquake. Why does Europe have its own monitoring service, when everyone looks at USGS? Visit this page for spoken announcements of all quake reports: http://satellite.ehabich.info/index_speak.html Eric Habich http://ehabich.info Terribly sorry OB, nice site - duly bookmarked. |
4.7 is 5.0 Quake according to EMSC
Erich Habich wrote:
The European Seismological Service reports a 5.0 Earthquake. Why does Europe have its own monitoring service, when everyone looks at USGS? Or more importantly perhaps, why does everyone look to America when we are in Europe, and have our own services. However, I noted that lots of people called the fire brigade because their chimneys had fallen down. Assuming that nobody had a fire burning at that hour of the morning, and at this time of year, I wondered why they did not phone their builder and their insurance company (in any order). By the time they managed to do so, the builders were probably all too busy with those who did. -- Gianna http://www.buchan-meteo.org.uk * * * * * * * |
4.7 is 5.0 Quake according to EMSC
"Gianna" wrote in message
... Erich Habich wrote: The European Seismological Service reports a 5.0 Earthquake. Why does Europe have its own monitoring service, when everyone looks at USGS? Or more importantly perhaps, why does everyone look to America when we are in Europe, and have our own services. However, I noted that lots of people called the fire brigade because their chimneys had fallen down. Assuming that nobody had a fire burning at that hour of the morning, and at this time of year, I wondered why they did not phone their builder and their insurance company (in any order). By the time they managed to do so, the builders were probably all too busy with those who did. -- Gianna The Met Office usually gets quite a few calls in these situations. I was on the night shift during the 2002 quake and the EMARC bench (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/publicsector/emarc/) had a number of enquiries from the emergency services and the public, much to the initial puzzlement of the duty staff. Jon. |
4.7 Kent UK
On 28 Apr 2007 01:16:34 -0700, Weatherlawyer
wrote: The BBC is consuming its news slot this morning with hearsay about a 4.7 quake in SE England. There is some talk of an explosion. A viewer sent in a picture of a seismograph that looks more like an explosion to my untutored eyes. ----- I don't suppose this made the 'national' news since it happened more than 100 miles from London 9 January 2007 Earthquake rocks island of Unst A STRONG earthquake - one of the largest of its kind in a decade - has been felt on the Shetland island of Unst. The earthquake, measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale, was felt at about 1:50am on Sunday. The epicentre was said to be about 130 miles north-east of Shetland. |
4.7 is 5.0 Quake according to EMSC
Gianna wrote:
Erich Habich wrote: The European Seismological Service reports a 5.0 Earthquake. Why does Europe have its own monitoring service, when everyone looks at USGS? Or more importantly perhaps, why does everyone look to America when we are in Europe, and have our own services. However, I noted that lots of people called the fire brigade because their chimneys had fallen down. Assuming that nobody had a fire burning at that hour of the morning, and at this time of year, I wondered why they did not phone their builder and their insurance company (in any order). By the time they managed to do so, the builders were probably all too busy with those who did. Walking around today it was the fire service that was tasked with making these chimneys safe. They had the "reach" to get to these largely victorian chimneys (Folkestone seems to have a chimney style all of it's own. Often top heavy or needing to be braced with wrought bars to keep them up in normal conditions, let alone earthquakes!) and the transport and organisation to make, what some has said, 500 damaged homes safe. I have seen some stunning ladders and other equipment weilded by the fire brigade today. Insurers were dealing with out and out emergencies only and I don't think the local builders would have coped to be honest. To reach up 4 or 5 floors needs either a fire service ladder or a builders scaffold. If you need to make these peoples homes safe for re-occupation then it's not going to be feasable to scaffold them all is it? Quite a day! First thought was truck in side of house, then low level Mach 1+ aircraft directly overhead, then I actually looked for the mushroom cloud. So much energy released in those few seconds... I didn't think of earthquake till last. Then realised the double bang was the gap (half a second?) between S and P waves meant we had to be right over it near enough.... Another thing to tick off the "Things to Experience" list. Hoping for aftershocks... I am ready to take notice of it now. When it happens out of the blue like that it's over so quick (this is going to sound strange) you miss it... Les -- Remove Frontal Lobes to reply direct. "This is totally not a shark!" http://www.conservapedia.com/index.p...ur&oldid=16029 Les Hemmings a.a #2251 SA |
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