did anyone felt that earth quake last night? - GT-R Register - Official Nissan Skyline and GTR Owners Club forum

acmeGT · 23rd September 2002, 03:23 PM

coz i bloody did!
shook me whole place while i was playing GT3 and made me crash and gone last place in the race!
crap!

did anyone felt it?

scared my old man which was sleeping and woke up and asked me '' was that USAF flying over us to bomb Iraq?? ''

me '' no dad........think it was juz strong winds.....too much curry today......''

LL

Alan · 23rd September 2002, 03:50 PM

Yep
We felt it

We had just finished watching a film called The Cell.
Did not realise what it was untill I heard the news this morning.
Still at least nobody was hurt (alledgidally)
Best regards Alan

RoboPope · 23rd September 2002, 04:15 PM

i would mind betting there were a few badly damaged pairs of pants floating around this morning though...

Howsie · 23rd September 2002, 04:49 PM

I thought it must have been my birthday.

I hope my missus doesn't read this or I'm dead.

Fuggles · 23rd September 2002, 05:07 PM

Claire did. Or at least I bloody hope she felt the earth move.

Booty-licious · 23rd September 2002, 05:08 PM

I thought it was Fuggles, he's such an animal!!

On a serious note I didnt feel anything, I guess it didn't reach Surrey!

Moschops · 23rd September 2002, 07:32 PM

I was woken up from being solid asleep by the house shaking and a loud rumbling sound. Nearly shat meself!

I realised what it was but it didn't stop my heart leaping about for a while.

Sleep can do funny things to you.

r33 v-spec · 23rd September 2002, 08:22 PM

Yeah shat myself last night

And again it wasn't till the morning that I knew there was a earthquake,

I just thought it was me

acmeGT · 23rd September 2002, 10:28 PM

AN earthquake which has hit parts of the UK is the biggest to hit Britain for 10 years.

The British Geological Survey says the epicentre of the earthquake was "right under the city of Birmingham".

But people as far apart as south and west Wales, Northamptonshire, south Yorkshire and Oxfordshire felt the tremors which shook homes, broke windows and set off alarms at around 12.54am.

Glenn Ford of the British Geological Survey (BGS) says the earthquake reached 4.8 on the Richter scale.

"It's an extremely large earthquake in UK terms but not large in world terms, we'd only classify it as a light earthquake.

"This would have been right under the city of Birmingham itself and we've already had reports of the fire brigade being called out to fallen chimneys."

The earthquake would have lasted for at least 10-15 seconds, he said. The BGS only registered one tremor, though some members of the public reported feeling two separate tremors.

Mr Ford added: "This will have been felt by the whole of Wales and England. We have been swamped by calls and e-mails from across Powys, in Wales, and from Yorkshire, Berkshire and Milton Keynes."

Julian Bukits, an assistant seismologist with the BGS, says an earthquake of magnitude 4 is equivalent to 1,000 tonnes of TNT which is equivalent to the power of a small nuclear weapon.

Mr Bukits said: "An earthquake like the one we've just experienced happens regularly in places like California and in natural earthquake zones. There are no plate borders here so it may just be a local fault. Nonetheless, for the UK it's a big earthquake."

''small earthquake''????
i live in bedford which is 30mins from MK and it shook my place pretty good..........what happen if its a big one?

LL

DCD · 24th September 2002, 01:48 AM

Quote:

......what happen if its a big one?

Come over here if you wanna find out!

acmeGT · 24th September 2002, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Come over here if you wanna find out!

.......that little one scared the crap outta me, if i ever was to be in Japan and a bloody great one strike then im gonna have brown stuff running out at the bottom of me pants!

well...........it could just be the same if u were drive me around japan innit Dino.

BTW Dino.........is the night racing still big in Japan? coz i got a friend who got hit once while he was there for holiday......lucky he was in a 4x4 or eles.......

LL

ahhh one thing...........first earthquake is always fun but u will crap urself after it has gone
hehehehe

slippyr4 · 25th September 2002, 07:33 AM

Quote:

i live in bedford which is 30mins from MK

30 mins? you need to get you a quicker car!

acmeGT · 25th September 2002, 01:55 PM

whats wrong with 30mins?
hehe
drive within the limit
30 in a 30zone.........70 in a 70zone innit

im a safe driver!

LL

23rd September 2002, 03:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
acmeGT acmeGT is unaware they can edit their status GTR Register Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bedford Cars owned: BMW 330i / Nissan Primera GT / a S-M-A-R-T car! wheeeee Posts: 97	did anyone felt that earth quake last night? coz i bloody did! shook me whole place while i was playing GT3 and made me crash and gone last place in the race! crap! did anyone felt it? scared my old man which was sleeping and woke up and asked me '' was that USAF flying over us to bomb Iraq?? '' me '' no dad........think it was juz strong winds.....too much curry today......'' LL __________________

23rd September 2002, 03:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Alan Alan is going back to the Nurburgring before it closes. Date planned is 3/4 AUG Executive GTR Owners Club Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: London & Dubai Cars owned: GTROC 0018 I.C.E'd. & White. Suzuki Hayabusa Turbo! Posts: 5,692	Yep We felt it We had just finished watching a film called The Cell. Did not realise what it was untill I heard the news this morning. Still at least nobody was hurt (alledgidally) Best regards Alan __________________ ----------------------------------------------------------- To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. My bike,s got more BHP than most!!!! Don't make me get the bike out YOU WILL LOSE!!! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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RoboPope RoboPope is unaware they can edit their status GTR Register Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Berkshire / Oxfordshire Cars owned: GTS25t, 33GTR and ok i have others too Posts: 477	i would mind betting there were a few badly damaged pairs of pants floating around this morning though... __________________

23rd September 2002, 04:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
Howsie Howsie is apoplectic GTR Register User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Surrey Cars owned: Various. Posts: 7,623	The earth moved for me last night and this morning. I thought it must have been my birthday. I hope my missus doesn't read this or I'm dead. __________________

23rd September 2002, 05:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
Fuggles Fuggles is on www.gtroc.org Chairman GTR Owners Club Join Date: Jul 2001 Cars owned: none Posts: 26,296	Claire did. Or at least I bloody hope she felt the earth move. __________________

23rd September 2002, 05:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
Booty-licious Booty-licious is has a lot of status! :p GTR Register Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Leafy Surrey Cars owned: An absolute BEAST! Posts: 5,810	Earth moving? I thought it was Fuggles, he's such an animal!! On a serious note I didnt feel anything, I guess it didn't reach Surrey! __________________

23rd September 2002, 07:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
Moschops Moschops is ecstatic to have his Skyline on the road! Executive GTR Owners Club Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Derby Cars owned: White '94 & '96 R33 GTS25t, '99 Micra 1.0 Posts: 1,643	Zikes scoob! I was woken up from being solid asleep by the house shaking and a loud rumbling sound. Nearly shat meself! I realised what it was but it didn't stop my heart leaping about for a while. Sleep can do funny things to you. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. abandoned.. :( ... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. very much alive!

23rd September 2002, 08:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
r33 v-spec r33 v-spec is unaware they can edit their status GTR Register User Join Date: May 2002 Location: London Cars owned: BNR34 V-Spec Posts: 4,143	Yeah shat myself last night And again it wasn't till the morning that I knew there was a earthquake, I just thought it was me __________________

23rd September 2002, 10:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
acmeGT acmeGT is unaware they can edit their status GTR Register Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bedford Cars owned: BMW 330i / Nissan Primera GT / a S-M-A-R-T car! wheeeee Posts: 97	heres the news from the net AN earthquake which has hit parts of the UK is the biggest to hit Britain for 10 years. The British Geological Survey says the epicentre of the earthquake was "right under the city of Birmingham". But people as far apart as south and west Wales, Northamptonshire, south Yorkshire and Oxfordshire felt the tremors which shook homes, broke windows and set off alarms at around 12.54am. Glenn Ford of the British Geological Survey (BGS) says the earthquake reached 4.8 on the Richter scale. "It's an extremely large earthquake in UK terms but not large in world terms, we'd only classify it as a light earthquake. "This would have been right under the city of Birmingham itself and we've already had reports of the fire brigade being called out to fallen chimneys." The earthquake would have lasted for at least 10-15 seconds, he said. The BGS only registered one tremor, though some members of the public reported feeling two separate tremors. Mr Ford added: "This will have been felt by the whole of Wales and England. We have been swamped by calls and e-mails from across Powys, in Wales, and from Yorkshire, Berkshire and Milton Keynes." Julian Bukits, an assistant seismologist with the BGS, says an earthquake of magnitude 4 is equivalent to 1,000 tonnes of TNT which is equivalent to the power of a small nuclear weapon. Mr Bukits said: "An earthquake like the one we've just experienced happens regularly in places like California and in natural earthquake zones. There are no plate borders here so it may just be a local fault. Nonetheless, for the UK it's a big earthquake." ''small earthquake''???? i live in bedford which is 30mins from MK and it shook my place pretty good..........what happen if its a big one? LL __________________

25th September 2002, 01:55 PM	#13 (permalink)
acmeGT acmeGT is unaware they can edit their status GTR Register Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bedford Cars owned: BMW 330i / Nissan Primera GT / a S-M-A-R-T car! wheeeee Posts: 97	whats wrong with 30mins? hehe drive within the limit 30 in a 30zone.........70 in a 70zone innit im a safe driver! LL __________________

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