Earthquake in Donegal last night!

Local-womanizer

http://www.highlandradio.com/2010/01/08/minor-earthquake-confirmed-in-donegal/

Awaits all the mentalist to go on about 2012!

jumpguy

1.6? Isn't it only detectable by humans if it's at 1.5?

Local-womanizer

People were saying it was fairly noticable,nothing mad mind you!

Buford T Justice

The Sky is Falling In................................Help............


Won't someone please think of the Children!

TheZohanS

On the plus side; it's Donegal.

fitz0

TheZohan wrote: »

On the plus side; it's Donegal.

Here's hoping for a few more!

monkeypants

Local-womanizer wrote: »

nothing mad mind you!

Typical Irish response to an earthquake.

Heroditas

Quick, blame the Brits!

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Its ok, Mary Harney just dropped her lunch box....the tremors were felt in Siberia too.

SoulTrader

I remember one happening in the mid 90s around Inishowen. Didn't hear it myself but apparently it registered about 2.3 if I remember correctly.

At the time a lot of people thought it was the IRA decommissioning weapons.

Abi

Seems they've had something similar before.

North Donegal rattled by Norwegian earthquake

BY AMY ROSE HARTE Published: Fri, Feb 22, 2008

NORTH Donegal was buzzing with speculation yesterday (Thursday) that a mini-tremor was to blame for waking thousands of terrified locals out of their sleep.

The tremor was reported to have struck the region at around 2.46am on Thursday , and was felt right across parts of Inishowen, Fanad, Rosskill and Carrigart, stretching as far west as Gweedore.

Many locals were terrified by the ordeal, with many reporting that it caused their walls and windows to tremble violently. It is widely believed that a massive earthquake which struck Norway at exactly the same time on Thursday is the most likely cause of the tremor which has drawn huge local interest since news of the 'big shake' first spread.

John McFadden, who lives between Kerrykeel and Glenvar, said the tremor was "extremely frightening" and lasted around three seconds.

"Myself and my wife woke up to feel the house shaking, the windows shaking and the roof rattling. There was a dead silence afterwards and then it was followed by a big rush of wind. It definitely wasn't thunder, thunder is a different noise altogether. This was more of a shaking and vibrating sensation," he said.

Rathmullan Post Office was buzzing with locals yesterday trying to work out what jolted their homes. Angela Crerand, who runs the Post Office, said most customers believe the Norwegian quake was the most likely cause.

"There's been quite a lot of people in saying they did hear something alright," she told the Donegal News.

"I was woken up myself but I just went back to sleep as I thought it was thunder. Quite a few people from Buncrana, Rathmullan, Fanad and even round as far as Gweedore who were up at the time say they heard it.

"Some people were saying it could have been the Americans shooting down the satellite from orbit yesterday but they've discounted that now. Apparently there was an earthquake in Norway and that probably is what may have caused the tremor to be felt here because we share the same rock structure."

The last tremors to hit the county took place in the early 1990s, when two tremors struck Inishowen along the Lennan fault line which is in-shore. A series of earthquake faultlines criss-cross the county, including one from Glenvar to Buncrana.

A Norwegian news agency reported that a region close to the Arctice Circle was struck by its largest earthquake early on Thursday, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale.

Hugh Daly from the Met Eireann Forecasting Division said they had not pinpointed any unusual weather phenomenon like thunder in Donegal on Thursday.

"Americans were shooting down a satellite that went off orbit so that could be one explanation. There might have been some wreckage and maybe a piece landed in Donegal, who knows?

"As for explosives or roadworks, for those to be going on during such anti-social hours would be highly unusual. Whatever it was, it wasn't weather," he added.

A geophyscist, Professor John McCloskey, also said the tremor was most likely resulting from the earthquake in Norway.

Riddle101

Local-womanizer wrote: »

http://www.highlandradio.com/2010/01/08/minor-earthquake-confirmed-in-donegal/

Awaits all the mentalist to go on about 2012!

OH MY GOD it's started, 2012 is actually going to happen.

Seriously though, there have been tremors felt in Ireland before so it;s not really that much of a surprise, and why should it be? But what I'm thinking is, what if an actual earthquake does happen off the coast of Ireland, and we get a Tsunami.

This_Years_Love

It's just an effect of global warming... causing more fault lines to form in the earth's crust. Don't you ever watch the discovery channel?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Local-womanizer wrote: »

http://www.highlandradio.com/2010/01/08/minor-earthquake-confirmed-in-donegal/

Awaits all the mentalist to go on about 2012!

One point ****ing six...?! I can ****ing fart stronger than that!

CianRyan

I'd be fairly confident that I've felt a few in Ireland.

When I was in New Zealand, that was a completely different story.
I felt a lot in the three weeks I was there.

Sure, I even saw a hole that went down to the center of the earth.
They said it's where to plate meet, loads of wind coming out of it, weird ****.
That one spot gets 3000 minor earthquakes a year and has road works on it 365 days a year.


That's what you get for building a main road over alpine mountains, tbh...

epgc3fyqirnbsx

CianRyan wrote: »

I'd be fairly confident that I've felt a few in Ireland.

When I was in New Zealand, that was a completely different story.
I felt a lot in the three weeks I was there.

Sure, I even saw a hole that went down to the center of the earth.They said it's where to plate meet, loads of wind coming out of it, weird ****.
That one spot gets 3000 minor earthquakes a year and has road works on it 365 days a year.


That's what you get for building a main road over alpine mountains, tbh...

was somebody beside you wearing an 'I'm with stupid <' t-shirt?:rolleyes:

This_Years_Love

Anyone else ever seen Vulcano Island off the coast of Sicily? It's a tiny little island that has an active vulcano that erupts almost daily. You aren't allowed on the island. There's only like about 10 people living on the island and they are all scientists. They do boat trips everyday. It's pricy but well worth it if you get lucky and see the vulcano erupting. We were on the boat for about 8 hours before it erupted. It finally happened at night and it looked really amazing.

neil_hosey

SoulTrader wrote: »

I remember one happening in the mid 90s around Inishowen. Didn't hear it myself but apparently it registered about 2.3 if I remember correctly.

At the time a lot of people thought it was the IRA decommissioning weapons.

Blowing up their decommisioned weapons.. the irony

CianRyan

Kylen Plump Label wrote: »

was somebody beside you wearing an 'I'm with stupid <' t-shirt?:rolleyes:

I keep forgetting, no matter how hard, I can never convey my tone of voice over the internet.

Of course it wasn't to the center of the earth. It was a few Km's deep though, not sure what exactly was down there but it is a split in plates.

testicle

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

One point ****ing six...?! I can ****ing fart stronger than that!

I'd hate to be ever be downwind of you in that case.

rjb80

I blame the government

jester77

They had better run to the hills of donegal before the tsunami stikes!

InKonspikuou2

1.6. I have shítes bigger than that. Felt a 8.1 earthquake in Chile a few years back. Thousands died.

antodeco

This_Years_Love wrote: »

Anyone else ever seen Vulcano Island off the coast of Sicily? .

Damn them Vulcans!!

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

1.6. I have shítes bigger than that. Felt a 8.1 earthquake in Chile a few years back. Thousands died.

How do you have a bigger sh1te than a number??

Daemos

CianRyan wrote: »

I'd be fairly confident that I've felt a few in Ireland.

When I was in New Zealand, that was a completely different story.
I felt a lot in the three weeks I was there.

Sure, I even saw a hole that went down to the center of the earth.
They said it's where to plate meet, loads of wind coming out of it, weird ****.

We're talking about an earthquake, not your sex life

CianRyan

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

We're talking about an earthquake, not your sex life

Hahahahahaha, you dirty fúck.
I actually lol'd.

deman

antodeco wrote: »

How do you have a bigger sh1te than a number??

Number 2??

smashey

TheZohan wrote: »

On the plus side; it's Donegal.

fitz0 wrote: »

Here's hoping for a few more!

Careful.

If only there was an Admin from Donegal here, bad things could happen to your names/profiles.

TheZohanS

smashey wrote: »

Careful.

If only there was an Admin from Donegal here, bad things could happen to your names/profiles.

If there was they'd be too liquored up on moonshine to spot it. Plus Friday night is ceile night in Jackson's, they'll be too busy.

ToniTuddle

*Cough*

*Narrows eyes*

Donegal...is mighty cool


Heard about the one back in 2008 but never felt the tremor where we are which is odd seeing as it covered nearly everything around us.

As another poster said...imagine a tsunami hitting us :eek:

Diabhal Beag

I felt nothing

*Said in an excellent Donegal accent

gerry28

ToniTuddle wrote: »

Donegal...is mighty cool

yeah -12 tonight

Mint Sauce

told her i'd make the earth move

TheZohan wrote: »

On the plus side; it's Donegal.

<clears throat>

**Timbuk2**

gerry28 wrote: »

yeah -12 tonight

In reality it'll probably be only -5. The weather forecast seems to be predicting very low temps, but it's not really that bad. Sure my mother was going on about -23*C temps next week!

gerry28

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

In reality it'll probably be only -5. The weather forecast seems to be predicting very low temps, but it's not really that bad. Sure my mother was going on about -23*C temps next week!

highlandradio was reporting minus 11 in drumkeen, it was minus 6 in my car this morn.

The minus 23 was in scotland last night i think.

RandomAccess

**Timbuk2** wrote: »

In reality it'll probably be only -5. The weather forecast seems to be predicting very low temps, but it's not really that bad. Sure my mother was going on about -23*C temps next week!

Its -8 in Letterkenny at the moment and its early yet!

As for the earthquake/tremor, I thought the neighbours were moving some big heavy furniture, one of the few benefits of a semi-d you can blame the neighbours for earthquakes.

Diabhal Beag

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

I felt nothing

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!


Sorry couldn't help myself

ToniTuddle

Deleted User wrote: »

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!


Sorry couldn't help myself

I have the t-shirt!

Donegal_TDI

TheZohan wrote: »

On the plus side; it's Donegal.

Awesome, dude. Still trailing your knuckles? Moron.

jester77

Donegal_TDI wrote: »

Awesome, dude. Still trailing your knuckles? Moron.

Wow, 2 years to come up with that insult, is the internet only after arriving up there

Marzipan85

This_Years_Love wrote: »

It's just an effect of global warming... causing more fault lines to form in the earth's crust. Don't you ever watch the discovery channel?

seriously? :eek:

John Doe1

TheZohan wrote: »

On the plus side; it's Donegal.

I will fight you:cool:

Me stuck in the goddamn pale and everything

Karona

This_Years_Love wrote: »

Anyone else ever seen Vulcano Island off the coast of Sicily? It's a tiny little island that has an active vulcano that erupts almost daily. You aren't allowed on the island. There's only like about 10 people living on the island and they are all scientists. They do boat trips everyday. It's pricy but well worth it if you get lucky and see the vulcano erupting. We were on the boat for about 8 hours before it erupted. It finally happened at night and it looked really amazing.

I think you mean Stromboli, it's the only one thats active. I've been on the boat trip to it and it's amazing. There are also up to 850 people living on the island, not just 10. They live away from the volcano.

Donegal_TDI

jester77 wrote: »

Wow, 2 years to come up with that insult, is the internet only after arriving up there

As a matter of fact, we only got broadband last October, delay due to people running the country that are also knuckle draggers
Sorry about delay, should have insulted earlier but was on dial up.

biko

Old thread, please check before posting if you come in from Google or some search engine..

Donegal_TDI wrote: »

Awesome, dude. Still trailing your knuckles? Moron.

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