29 Apr
2007
29 Apr
'07
6:54 a.m.
I hope everyone came through alright. Is anyone on the list from
Folkestone?
Peace... Sridhar
29 Apr
29 Apr
2:37 p.m.
I'm not. I do recall the other minor earthquake that hit the UK about 4 years ok (the
epicentre was near Birmingham, UK, if I recall correctly).
I hope this doesn't become more frequent, although it isn't totally surprising as
the UK is actually moving away from France at something like 1cm a year.
I was asleep when it happened (7am BST / 2am EST), but I know some people from work felt
the one from a few years ago.
The thing that does worry me about earthquakes is the shelves coming down and damaging my
computer books, manuals etc. (ok, obviously I don't want to get injured either, but
I'm trying to keep this on-topic)
I'm not sure we get any earthquake training in schools here, though I think it would
be a good idea. We may not get many of them here in the UK, but it would be useful for
when people are on holiday in the US or Japan (or anywhere else that gets earthquakes).
I recall being told at school (about 12 years ago) that the safest place was in a doorway.
Is that still thought to be true?
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
I hope everyone came through alright. Is anyone on the list from
Folkestone?
Peace... Sridhar
2:59 p.m.
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007, Andrew Burton wrote:
I hope this doesn't become more frequent, although
it isn't totally
surprising as the UK is actually moving away from France at something
like 1cm a year.
Ahhh. So, it's politically motivated
The thing that does worry me about earthquakes is the
shelves coming
down and damaging my computer books, manuals etc. (ok, obviously I don't
want to get injured either, but I'm trying to keep this on-topic)
I have a 5150 with a big dent from a bookcase (containing "Inside
Macintosh") coming down on it during Loma Prieta
I'm not sure we get any earthquake training in
schools here, though I
think it would be a good idea. We may not get many of them here in the
UK, but it would be useful for when people are on holiday in the US or
Japan (or anywhere else that gets earthquakes). I recall being told at
school (about 12 years ago) that the safest place was in a doorway. Is
that still thought to be true?
Inside a large mainframe is best.
Doorways and under desks don't work well if they're current flimsy crap.
Bathtubs are about the only thing that is still made solidly.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
9:53 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
Inside a large mainframe is best.
Indeed.
Doorways and under desks don't work well if
they're current flimsy crap.
Bathtubs are about the only thing that is still made solidly.
Only if they're cast iron. There are some being sold made of fiberglass
these days. I'd bet they're not strong enough.
Peace... Sridhar
3:02 p.m.
On 29 Apr 2007 at 22:37, Andrew Burton wrote:
I'm not sure we get any earthquake training in
schools here, though I
think it would be a good idea. We may not get many of them here in the
UK, but it would be useful for when people are on holiday in the US or
Japan (or anywhere else that gets earthquakes). I recall being told at
school (about 12 years ago) that the safest place was in a doorway. Is
that still thought to be true?
As one who sat in his second-floor office watching the furniture
waltz around the room during the Loma Prieta quake in 1989, I'd
advise crawling under a desk instead of standing in a doorway. While
technically, a doorway offers some structural protection, you're more
likely to get hit by objects and window glass flying around the room--
and that 7-foot-tall bookcase is quite apt to fall on you.
I managed to get outside sometime just after the main shock wave and
was rewarded with seeing ground waves ripple along the ground as if I
were on water.
Speaking of water, it's a good idea to make sure that your home water
heater is firmly strapped to the wall (along with tall bits of
furniture).
4.5 probably wouldn't even interrupt mealtime conversation in some
California areas.
Cheers,
Chuck
3:43 p.m.
I was here for the Manchester earthquake swarm, late 2002.
<http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/macroseismics/manchester_earthquake_sequence.htm>
Not so big as the latest, but more of them! Very eirie, although
very little damage, and nothing even fell over for me..
They are more common than we realise, in the UK, but not usually big
enough to be noticed.
10:13 p.m.
From: Rob <robert at irrelevant.com>
I was here for the Manchester earthquake swarm, late 2002.
<http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/macroseismics/manchester_earthquake_sequence.htm>
Not so big as the latest, but more of them! Very eirie, although
very little damage, and nothing even fell over for me..
They are more common than we realise, in the UK, but not usually big
enough to be noticed.
Hi
A 4.7 isn't my idea of a quake. I live in California. I rarely even wake
up for ones this size.
Dwight
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10:41 p.m.
dwight elvey wrote:
But, again, you probably don't live in a Victorian-era unreinforced
building.
Peace... Sridhar
I was here for
the Manchester earthquake swarm, late 2002.
<http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/macroseismics/manchester_earthquake_sequence.htm>
Not so big as the latest, but more of them! Very eirie, although
very little damage, and nothing even fell over for me..
They are more common than we realise, in the UK, but not usually big
enough to be noticed.
Hi
A 4.7 isn't my idea of a quake. I live in California. I rarely even wake
up for ones this size. 
30 Apr
30 Apr
8:07 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "dwight elvey" <dkelvey at hotmail.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: Minor Earthquake in Kent
A 4.7 isn't my idea of a quake. I live in
California. I rarely even wake
up for ones this size.
I slept through a 4.1 once, and I've never actually felt a quake (that I
recognized as such).
Given how buildings are constructed in southeast England, though, a 4.7
would be pretty noticeable. All the buildings that wee built that way in
California have been destroyed by earthquakes already, or extensively
retrofitted so that masonry won't collapse.
The quake in Bam, Iran in 2005 killed thousands (perhaps tens of thousands)
but it was weaker than the Loma Prieta and Northridge quakes in California a
few years ago, and those quakes only killed a few dozen people each. Not to
belittle the death tolls, but the building techniques in California are much
better than they are in other seismically active regions.
I bet if you had a 4.7 in Missouri or Arkansas there'd be a lot of damage,
and the scary thing is that the largest quakes in continental US history
occurred there (read up on the New Madrid fault).
Jim
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