Quake rocks North Wales
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050214/344/fch1j.html
North Wales has been rocked by an earthquake, the British Geological Survey said.
The tremor, which reached 3.1 on the Richter Scale, occurred south east of Colwyn Bay, but was felt by people in Llandudno, Bangor and Betws-y-Coed.
It happened at 6.44pm on Monday, with no reports of damage or injury. Several sheep have reported the earth did indeed move for them, farmers in the area are quaking in their boots.
Davie Galloway, a spokesman for the British Geological Survey, said although the quake was small by international standards, it was "quite significant" for the UK.
"A lot of people have phoned to say that they felt it," he said, including a couple of sheep.
Mr Galloway added that around three earthquakes of such a magnitude affected the UK every year, which go largely unreported due to the lack of sheep shagging elsewhere in the country.
North Wales has been rocked by an earthquake, the British Geological Survey said.
The tremor, which reached 3.1 on the Richter Scale, occurred south east of Colwyn Bay, but was felt by people in Llandudno, Bangor and Betws-y-Coed.
It happened at 6.44pm on Monday, with no reports of damage or injury. Several sheep have reported the earth did indeed move for them, farmers in the area are quaking in their boots.
Davie Galloway, a spokesman for the British Geological Survey, said although the quake was small by international standards, it was "quite significant" for the UK.
"A lot of people have phoned to say that they felt it," he said, including a couple of sheep.
Mr Galloway added that around three earthquakes of such a magnitude affected the UK every year, which go largely unreported due to the lack of sheep shagging elsewhere in the country.
Yur! An it was all over faster than you could say: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobilliantysiliogogogoch!
ing business... 
...if that vixpy1 strays over the border, Jones the Blacksmith is going to permanently insert that purple thing up 'is yakky darr......so 'igh, it'll make 'is ears bleed.......boyoLongQ said:
Had one in Nottingham a few years ago. I was in one of our training rooms on the 8th floor at the time, with some Finnish visitors as I recall.
Swayed us around for a few seconds.
I remember that one as well....even felt it down here in Bedford - happenned just after midnight - which makes me wonder what were you doing that late at night with Finnish visitors
vixpy1 said:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050214/344/fch1j.html
North Wales has been rocked by an earthquake, the British Geological Survey said.
The tremor, which reached 3.1 on the Richter Scale, occurred south east of Colwyn Bay, but was felt by people in Llandudno, Bangor and Betws-y-Coed.
It happened at 6.44pm on Monday, with no reports of damage or injury. Several sheep have reported the earth did indeed move for them, farmers in the area are quaking in their boots.
Davie Galloway, a spokesman for the British Geological Survey, said although the quake was small by international standards, it was "quite significant" for the UK.
"A lot of people have phoned to say that they felt it," he said, including a couple of sheep.
Mr Galloway added that around three earthquakes of such a magnitude affected the UK every year, which go largely unreported due to the lack of sheep shagging elsewhere in the country.
What a load of....
We had a 5.5 here a couple of weeks ago!
condor said:
anonymous said:[redacted]
Had one in Nottingham a few years ago. I was in one of our training rooms on the 8th floor at the time, with some Finnish visitors as I recall.
Swayed us around for a few seconds.
I remember that one as well....even felt it down here in Bedford - happenned just after midnight - which makes me wonder what were you doing that late at night with Finnish visitors
Not the same one. The one I was thinking of was a few year before iirc and was afternoon, late afternoon I think.
The visitors might have been Swedish ...
LongQ said:
LongQ said:
anonymous said:[redacted]
Had one in Nottingham a few years ago. I was in one of our training rooms on the 8th floor at the time, with some Finnish visitors as I recall.
Swayed us around for a few seconds.
I remember that one as well....even felt it down here in Bedford - happenned just after midnight - which makes me wonder what were you doing that late at night with Finnish visitors
Not the same one. The one I was thinking of was a few year before iirc and was afternoon, late afternoon I think.
The visitors might have been Swedish ...
Yep, late sunday afternoon. Felt like a car had driven into the corner of the house at about 10mph.
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