...and did the earth move for you?
- Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
3 March 2009 16:1616510.......well it did for me, about four cycles in a NE/SW direction!
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
3 March 2009 16:2216511another tremor from folkestone i presume.left them quaking in there boots.
- 3 March 2009 16:5116512yeah I felt it. My friend who lives in Folkestone said everyone dashing out of their houses again. Must be quite frightening for them.
- 3 March 2009 17:0516513
- 5 March 2009 01:0216606For what it's worth, the magnitude has been revised slightly upwards to 3.0. Although the April 07 quake was 4.3, this was still about 200 times smaller.
Here's the latest downloadable British Geological Survey summary for you:
http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/recent_events/uk_special/folkestone_03_mar_2009.pdf - 5 March 2009 07:5116611I didnt notice a thing!
- 5 March 2009 20:1216642you wouldn't barry, all that money acts as ballast to keep the house steady.
- 5 March 2009 21:0216649My iron fell over and my ornaments shook. I asked my daughter next door if she felt it and she said no and laughed when I said I thought it might have been an earthquake - she said I was daft!
5 minutes later while on my way to work she phoned me and said "Guess what mum ..............!!There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok". - 5 March 2009 21:1416652Oh gosh Jacqui that sounds scary.
