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Earthquakes In Ireland and the UK

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  • #52
    WolfeIRE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭WolfeIRE


    Hi,

    Spoke to Tom Blake from DIAS who has asked if you could fill out the questionairre here
    http://www.dias.ie/index.php?option=...id=240&lang=en

    Tom said that because the seismogram did not clearly register the quake does not mean one did not occur.

    He also said that earth tremors can occur in Waterford but are of course not that common.

    Regards,

    Wolfe


  • #53
    Iancar29
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    Sorry FOlks.... it was me! ..... i was playing battlefield 3 with my Surround sound up to 11 ... those Javelin missiles are loud buggers!

    :rolleyes:


  • #54
    Bellis perennis
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    Thanks WolfeIRE, I will fill out the questionnaire.


  • #55
    WolfeIRE
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    There was a magnitude 2.2 earth tremor in Cornwall at 2:40 am on Sunday. The BGS said it was felt in Bodmin. It was recorded at a depth of 3km


    MORE http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20111204023904.html#page=summary


  • #56
    WolfeIRE
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    2.2 magnitude tremor near Blackburn on Saturday.

    Could have something to do with fracking activity in the Lancashire region


  • #57
    Mountainsandh
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    Hi Bellis Perennis, I'm not too far from you (between 20/30km) as the crow flies, and although it's a good time ago now, I think I would have taken note if I had felt or heard something... I'm interested in all that. Didn't notice anything though. Was it one of the stormy nights ? Could it have been thunder/lightning strike very near you I wonder ? I can't remember the weather that far back. :o


  • #58
    WolfeIRE
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    Interesting one. Subsea tremor (2.1 mag) recorded in the Irish Sea last night at 11:17PM, the first quake to be recorded in the Irish Sea since 2008.

    A 2.1 magnitude earthquake is the equivalent of the rumbling felt when an articulated truck drives past your house. Such tremors are only felt, if at all, by those in close proximity to the epicentre.

    The tremblor struck at a depth of 7km, 39km east of Douglas, Isle of Man, and 50KM SSW of Whitehaven, Cumbria (highlighted in green here)

    Past Irish earthquakes here


  • #59
    WolfeIRE
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    Interestingly, there was another tremor today. This time it was near Stoke and it measured 2.4 on the Richter Scale.

    http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20120111115929.html#page=summary

    It was recorded at a depth of just 1km meaning that it would have most likely been felt locally


  • #60
    windingo
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    Odd to think that they can even happen in this part of the world were just that used to them not happening I guess.


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  • #61
    Mountainsandh
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    WolfeIRE wrote: »
    Interesting one. Subsea tremor (2.1 mag)

    The tremblor struck at a depth of 7km, 39km east of Douglas,
    Isle of Man, and 50KM SSW of Whitehaven, Cumbria (highlighted in green here)

    Past Irish earthquakes here

    Ah, that'll be them Dublin people trying to get rid of the IOM shadow in preparation for the snow ! Own up people, which one of yous is trying to blow it up ?

    The lengths they go to..... :rolleyes:


  • #62
    vulcan57
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    Just got this off a friends page on facebook so not sure how reliable it is.

    Mag 3.8 tremor in the English Channel about 20 miles SSE of the Lizard. 49.76 N ; 4.97 W.

    18-01-2012 at 18:33

    Depth 10 Km


    Edit: No mention of this on the British Geological Survey Site.


  • #63
    muckish
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    vulcan57 wrote: »
    Just got this off a friends page on facebook so not sure how reliable it is.

    Mag 3.8 tremor in the English Channel about 20 miles SSE of the Lizard. 49.76 N ; 4.97 W.

    18-01-2012 at 18:33

    Depth 10 Km


    Edit: No mention of this on the British Geological Survey Site.
    No mention on the USGS site either


  • #64
    [Deleted User]
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    its on RSOE Your source was reliable :)

    http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=226539


  • #65
    vulcan57
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    Jake1 wrote: »
    its on RSOE Your source was reliable :)

    http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=226539

    Also here.

    http://www.emsc-csem.org/#2

    http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=251490

    This must be the strongest in a while around the UK isn't it ?


  • #66
    vulcan57
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    On the BGS Site now.

    http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20120118183225.html#page=summary


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  • #67
    muckish
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    Lots of chat about a tremor being felt in the Northwest last night around 1am. Anything showing on any seismographs?


  • #68
    muckish
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    just confirmed. http://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20120126010334.html#page=summary
    mag: 2.2
    Buncrana
    depth 3km


  • #69
    muckish
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    It's all happening in the Northwest this week. Aurora sightings and now earth tremors. It's the Natural Sciences Capital of Ireland!!:)


  • #70
    muckish
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    Reports of an Earth tremor being felt in the Kerrykeel area of Co. Donegal tonight around 9.30pm. This would be on the Lenan Fault line. Same line as the 2.2mag tremor on the 26th Jan 2012. No details on the BGS site yet, but keep an eye out here for confirmation. http://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/


  • #71
    Diamond Dust
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    Minor earthquake in Co Donegal

    The tremor had a magnitude of 1.1 and was recorded at 9.20pm in the Inishowen area.
    It was picked up by the British Geological Survey's equipment.This latest tremor was of a lesser magnitude than the quake felt in the north of the county on 26 January.
    It had a magnitude of 2.2 and was recorded in Buncrana.
    The largest quake to hit the country happened in 1951. The magnitude 3.7 tremor occurred sixteen kilometres off the shore of Co Wicklow on the east coast


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  • #72
    Harps
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    A second one at 1.50am, never felt or heard anything here. Both felt nearby in Milford according to this

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


  • #73
    Danno
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    Buncranna is quite an active spot! http://www.laoisweather.com/wxquakeUK.php


  • #74
    bb1234567
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    What are the chances of a decently strong earthquake hitting Ireland?and have any big ones ever hit us in the past anywhere in Ireland? And what kind of scale of damage would we be talking about in somewhere quite populated such as Dublin after an earthquake of 5 or 6 on the richter scale hits? I'd imagine itd be catastrophic with so many old buildings.


  • #75
    kittyn
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    bb1234567 wrote: »
    What are the chances of a decently strong earthquake hitting Ireland?and have any big ones ever hit us in the past anywhere in Ireland? And what kind of scale of damage would we be talking about in somewhere quite populated such as Dublin after an earthquake of 5 or 6 on the richter scale hits? I'd imagine itd be catastrophic with so many old buildings.

    Hi bb,

    The biggest quake to hit us recently was a 5.4 on the 19th of July in 1984. It hit at 7.57am, the epi centre was in Wales but to memory not much damage was caused bar stuff fell of the mantel piece in my house :)


  • #76
    Wine Goddess
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    kittyn wrote: »
    Hi bb,

    The biggest quake to hit us recently was a 5.4 on the 19th of July in 1984. It hit at 7.57am, the epi centre was in Wales but to memory not much damage was caused bar stuff fell of the mantel piece in my house :)

    I remember that really well!! I thought that my mum was really shaking me but when I woke up (school hols) she was not there and my Howard Jones RECORD had fallen off my bookshelf.......
    No-one had a clue what was going on but it seemed to last a while (well, about 10 secs anyway.......)
    It was a really bizarre feeling - I can only imagine how scary a really big one would be........:eek::eek::eek:


  • #77
    yop
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    Tremors reported in Mayo this morning. Felt it here myself. Was very light but definitely occured! nuts stuff.


  • #78
    Neworder79
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    yop wrote: »
    Tremors reported in Mayo this morning. Felt it here myself. Was very light but definitely occured! nuts stuff.

    Lots of reports on radio earlier, some claiming cracked walls and chimneys.


  • #79
    rhonin
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    yop wrote: »
    Tremors reported in Mayo this morning. Felt it here myself. Was very light but definitely occured! nuts stuff.

    Yeah felt it here in Sligo town.


  • #80
    rhonin
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    More info http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20120606075800.html#page=summary


  • #81
    Redsunset
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    :eek: And a 4.0 ,If they get stronger in the future might have to be on tsunami alert:)


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  • #82
    yop
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    Was weird feeling that, never experienced one before, if it was a big earthquake it must have been some feeling!


  • #83
    Neworder79
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    Looks like close to the Corrib Gas site, wait just waiting for "shell to sea" row in.

    uk.jpg.0


  • #84
    yop
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    If it was in the sea then there may have been more damage :D


  • #85
    ninebeanrows
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    4MAG

    Hope ya enjoyed your rumble!


  • #86
    Elmer Blooker
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    redsunset wrote: »
    :eek: And a 4.0 ,If they get stronger in the future might have to be on tsunami alert:)
    I saw a programme on BBC 3 (or was it 4?) last night about a devastating tsunami in the Bristol Channel in 1607, the weather was fine at the time so it's not believed to have been a storm surge. The cause was probably an under sea 'quake :eek:
    http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/1607-flood.shtml


  • #87
    Green Diesel
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    Pretty sure I felt this in Newport this morning, thought it was a truck at the time.


  • #88
    Storm 10
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    have a friend in Belmullet who told me that he felt nothing but there was a noise like thunder off the coast.


  • #89
    Pangea
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    Going by the marine traffic, there was two ships in that location.
    I wonder if anyone has contacted them to see did they feel it, they must have, since they were bascially sitting on the epicentre.
    http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/


  • #90
    vickers209
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    http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0606/earthquake-reported-off-coast-of-mayo.html


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  • #91
    MayoForSam
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    Apparently, it was meant to have knocked over a load of recently footed turf in some local bogs, now that would be annoying :D.


  • #92
    cherryghost
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    I'm getting a few reports on fb that there were a few shakes earlier in and around Clara. Can anyone confirm this? I'm on my phone so I can't check

    Thanks


  • #93
    Wolfe_IRE
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    Small tremor in Coleraine on Thursday last. Magnitude 1.3. The significance of this tremor is that none have ever been recorded in this part of the country since 1979 (official records began).
    http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20120920125900.html#page=summary


  • #94
    delw
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    Wolfe_IRE wrote: »
    Small tremor in Coleraine on Thursday last. Magnitude 1.3. The significance of this tremor is that none have ever been recorded in this part of the country since 1979 (official records began).
    http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20120920125900.html#page=summary
    OwenC throwing a tantrum :D


  • #95
    maquiladora
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    delw wrote: »
    OwenC throwing a tantrum :D

    The snowflakes are so big in Coleraine, they cause earthquakes.


  • #96
    delw
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    maquiladora wrote: »
    The snowflakes are so big in Coleraine, they cause earthquakes.
    :D


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  • #97
    Joe Public
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    delw wrote: »
    OwenC throwing a tantrum :D

    Might be his Iphone going for the final hop?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=79680754


    Badly missed here!!!!


  • #98
    Wolfe_IRE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭Wolfe_IRE


    Don't know how this one wasn't picked up anywhere. The second strongest earthquake in Ireland/UK this year (after the 4.0 M Mayo quake) as far as I am aware
    2.7m on Wednesday in the Isle of Jura, western Scotland
    http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20121031155814.html
    227006.jpg


  • #99
    Tactical
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    delw wrote: »
    OwenC throwing a tantrum :D

    Aww, 'com on guys, all he wanted to know is when it was going to snow at his location...




    .....repeatedly :D:D:D:p:p:p


  • #100
    Tactical
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    Joe Public wrote: »
    Might be his Iphone going for the final hop?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=79680754


    Badly missed here!!!!

    I wonder if he tried reconnecting the number 2 cable again :p


  • #101
    Wolfe_IRE
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    http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_uk_events.html

    A number of tremors in the english channel during the past few days being classified as possible explosions by the British Geological Survey.


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