Earthquake hits West Clare.

Run_to_da_hills

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded in County Clare last night. :eek:

Anyone down in that neck of the woods?

http://www.clareherald.com/local-news/regional/1198-earthquake-hits-west-clare.html

kippy

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded in County Clare last night. :eek:

Anyone down in that neck of the woods?

http://www.clareherald.com/local-news/regional/1198-earthquake-hits-west-clare.html

Queue all the usual earthquake jokes...........

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Would you even feel it? Would be like a long fart I guess.

thetonynator

Yeah it's on the weather forum,the OP there is from west clare . . .

Turtyturd

Ray Quaint Physician wrote: »

Would you even feel it? Would be like a long fart I guess.

Eh no, no it wouldn't.

yoshytoshy

I don't think it hit clare ,i think it vibrated it a little.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Turtyturd wrote: »

Eh no, no it wouldn't.

What would it be like then?

Turtyturd

Ray Quaint Physician wrote: »

What would it be like then?

A f*cking earthquake. The clue is in the title and the OP.

NothingMan

I wouldn't get too shook up about it. It's only Clare.

yoshytoshy

This was on the radio today ,guy said his fish tank rippled a little bit. Then some other guy said this usually happens when there is activity in iceland ,because it's in the same volcanic area or something.

Susssshhhhh, I told my missus that was my "special move"

Run_to_da_hills

Ray Quaint Physician wrote: »

What would it be like then?

Dancing with Mary Harney

Nodin

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Anyone down in that neck of the woods?

http://www.clareherald.com/local-news/regional/1198-earthquake-hits-west-clare.html

In West Clare? Jaysus no. The habit of eating their young rendered them extinct by 1972.

Dravokivich

yoshytoshy wrote: »

This was on the radio today ,guy said his fish tank rippled a little bit. Then some other guy said this usually happens when there is activity in iceland ,because it's in the same volcanic area or something.

not to sure about that... link in the op seems to suggest no relation...

Mr Blake said he believed the quake had no links to volcanic activity in Iceland which grounded flights with further ash clouds in the skies this week.

Feeona

2.7 is very small. A lorry passing by would cause more of a shake!

Overheal

My area gets hit with them occasionally. That magnitude would have been similar to the feeling that maybe a car had crashed into the side of your house; and shaken up the walls and joists for a second.

yoshytoshy

Dravokivich wrote: »

not to sure about that... link in the op seems to suggest no relation...

Not too sure about what ? ,I heard it being discussed on joe duffy when I was working in somebodies house.

There was an expert on and said it was nothing to worry about ,western parts of ireland often have seismic readings and usually conicide with seismic activity in iceland.

Basically ,it's all pretty standard stuff.

Turtyturd

yoshytoshy wrote: »

Not too sure about what ? ,I heard it being discussed on joe duffy when I was working in somebodies house.

There was an expert on and said it was nothing to worry about ,western parts of ireland often have seismic readings and usually conicide with seismic activity in iceland.

Basically ,it's all pretty standard stuff.

Was there an outcry from listeners to ban earthquakes?

yoshytoshy

Turtyturd wrote: »

Was there an outcry from listeners to ban earthquakes?

Only if people that purchase goods from headshops felt them.

My name is URL

They're common enough here, although so small that they usually go unnoticed by people. I don't think they're caused by fault-lines, but by the earth rebounding and adjusting from the drop in pressure since the ice-age

thetonynator

yoshytoshy wrote: »

Only if people that purchase goods from headshops felt them.

You'd want to be purchasing goods from headshops to listen to joe duffy . . . .:rolleyes:

yoshytoshy

thetonynator wrote: »

You'd want to be purchasing goods from headshops to listen to joe duffy . . . .:rolleyes:

When you do the work I do ,it doesn't matter whats on the radio.

--LOS--

My name is URL wrote: »

They're common enough here, although so small that they usually go unnoticed by people. I don't think they're caused by fault-lines, but by the earth rebounding and adjusting from the drop in pressure since the ice-age

common enough as in not that common :P

It could be a number of things, down home I live near a quarry and there's often little quakes from that.

expectationlost

just like the politcal earthquake of limerick trying to take part of clare...

Spread

mossieh and family are in Spanish Point for the week. Hope the earth moved for the adults . He's one of the saner in my extended family. He doesn't believe in God. No broadband and his phone is ringing out. Should I be worried?

CrazyRabbit

2.7 is really tiny.

To get a better understanding of how small that is...

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake is 10 times stronger than a magnitude 1.0 earthquake.
And a magnitude 3.0 earthquake is 10 times stronger than a magnitude 2.0.
....and so on.

Worldwide, there are approx 1000 earthquakes registered per day in the range of 2.0-3.0 magnitude. They are rarely felt.

The 2.7 quake in West Clare has only the same energy as ~175 lb's of TNT. Compare this with ~475 megatons of TNT for a 9.0 quake.

Run_to_da_hills

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Compare this with ~475 megatons of TNT for a 9.0 quake.

475 megatons of TNT

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Turtyturd wrote: »

A f*cking earthquake. The clue is in the title and the OP.

That's not very witty...

I will ask it again, a different way.

Just say a person never experienced an earthquake. What would you compare the 2.7 earthquake in Clare to, in order for that person to comprehend what it would be like to experience said earthquake.

A little clearer?

enda1

Ray Quaint Physician wrote: »

That's not very witty...

I will ask it again, a different way.

Just say a person never experienced an earthquake. What would you compare the 2.7 earthquake in Clare to, in order for that person to comprehend what it would be like to experience said earthquake.

A little clearer?

Oh right, well in that case it would be like a 2.7 earthquake in Dublin but with more sheep.

limklad

expectationlost wrote: »

just like the politcal earthquake of limerick trying to take part of clare...

Too Late, The City Boundary moved by itself to encompass the whole of Clare because Clare was originally part of Thomond. Since the City has Thomond Park that the City laid and took their claim to all of that territory in one fowl scoop.

The Real reason is to sap all revenue to finance the city alone, where business are leaving because of the city High Rates (Highest in the Country). The City Councillors said it was always like that, that they had nothing to do with it :rolleyes:.

Next on their list is the Rest of Limerick, then North West Tipperary, then North Kerry to be sapped of all revenue generating money of their rates to be spent in the black hole that is the city alone.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

enda1 wrote: »

Oh right, well in that case it would be like a 2.7 earthquake in Dublin but with more sheep.

Ahhh... I see. Thanks for the reply

WolfeIRE

Overheal wrote: »

My area gets hit with them occasionally. That magnitude would have been similar to the feeling that maybe a car had crashed into the side of your house; and shaken up the walls and joists for a second.

can't say i haven't experienced the latter either:p

CrazyRabbit

Ray Quaint Physician wrote: »

That's not very witty...

I will ask it again, a different way.

Just say a person never experienced an earthquake. What would you compare the 2.7 earthquake in Clare to, in order for that person to comprehend what it would be like to experience said earthquake.

A little clearer?

As I think someone mentioned above, it would feel the same as if a large lorry drove past nearby. Barely noticeable 'shaking'.

homerjay2005

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded in County Clare last night[/url]

......officials say it did €300,000 worth of improvements :pac:

CrazyRabbit

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

2.7 is really tiny.

To get a better understanding of how small that is...

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake is 10 times stronger than a magnitude 1.0 earthquake.
And a magnitude 3.0 earthquake is 10 times stronger than a magnitude 2.0.
....and so on.

Worldwide, there are approx 1000 earthquakes registered per day in the range of 2.0-3.0 magnitude. They are rarely felt.

The 2.7 quake in West Clare has only the same energy as ~175 lb's of TNT. Compare this with ~475 megatons of TNT for a 9.0 quake.

I had to steal information from 5 different sites to write the above very useful information, and not one person thanked me for it. Please support and encourage my plagiarism efforts!

--LOS--

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

I had to steal information from 5 different sites to write the above very useful information, and not one person thanked me for it. Please support and encourage my plagiarism efforts!

sorry Mr. Rabbit, it looked serious and there were statistics so I thank not.

stovelid

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