Erfquakes

[fionacat]

The largest earthquake i've ever been in was a shocking 3.5 ... which I slept through as it was at 545am and happened some 50 miles off shore.

Comments

[fionacat]

http://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/UKseismic.html

Recorded history i think >.>

The red ones are ones that were measured the yellow ones are ones that were guessed at from effects, i think.

[tiggles]

I suspect that, plotted in the same way, California would be almost completely red... ;)

[megadog]

Interestingly, the site from which that earthquakes-map is linked, well - I *just happen* to be their ISP.

When there is an earthquake reported in .UK, the number of hits on their site goes from about 50 a week to 500 a minute. Which makes capacity-planning 'interesting'.

[fionacat]

All you have to do is predict earthquakes and it'll be fine!

... wait

[megadog]

In anticipation of the ability to do this, I've got a bid in for a time-machine.

[snowtiger_uk]

I remember a "Yerfquake" about 3 years ago, it must have been about 2 to 3 am. It shook the place quite a lot, I heard it comming and leaving. I rang a friend some 30 miles away that thought that a plane had crashed near by. The playback on the cctv was interesting to say the least.