Comments on: UK Earthquake, February 2008, Magnitude 4.7

By: tsakai

tsakai — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:18:49 +0000

Hi. I live in Japan, and am familiar to some of natural disasters such as earthquakes, typoons, eruptions and so on (Unfortunately, there are so many disasters in Japan, as you know). And I think that your preparation is very good idea. In Japan, “emergency kit” or “survival kit” is popular goods. So I can tell you the contents of that kit, for your interest.

1) Electric torch
– Yes, you’re right. But I think 5 torches are too much. A torch is enough. And you’d better to have more dry batteries.
2) Cushions
– Not bad. Although some brankets are better.
3) Portable radio (or portable TV)
– Portable radio maybe more useful than internet devices like Laptop PCs. In such a occasion, you should listen to BBC radio (We Japanese listen to NHK when some disaster hits us). Or smartphone maybe useful, too.
4) Some foods and water
– These are most important. Tea? Oh, you are good briton ;-). You must have 1.8litre of water per a day, and must have them much as enough for 3 days.
5) First aid kit
– Contains Band-Aid(R), analgesics, disinfectant alchol, etc.

there maybe any more things, but I can’t remember them.

The Book? Okay, you are good devout Christian.
But I think there are more important things than the Book. Only our wisdom and willing help us.

Sorry for my poor English, because I am familiar to the disasters but not familiar to English language.

By: Collyflower

Collyflower — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:48:42 +0000

I heard it was big and the people in Uk were scared

By: Callum

Callum — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:18:00 +0000

i sleep on a sofa bed and my bed folded up because it was that strong i am in scunthorpe,

By: George

George — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:21:50 +0000

That’s right it was a 5.2, but at the time of my post it was only reported as 4.7 It usually takes a few hours to get all the data from all the seismographs and the time it happened (12.55am) did not help much speed-wise.

I have studied Environmental Science, so i don’t find it difficult to understand these texts. I wouldn’t call myself a geek though…anybody can do it. as for my mother tongue it is Greek, I’ve learned English here in the UK

By: dominick dobson

dominick dobson — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:08:38 +0000

excuse me but if u r a geek then please get ur facts right because the earthquake that happened at 12:55am was a 5.2 on the ricterscale

By: Heidi Taylor

Heidi Taylor — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:20:34 +0000

OMG i was talking to a few people on msn when it happened one from near mansfield the other norwich. i felt a few small ones cos my dog barked then all of a sudden my bed started shaking and all of my wardrobes banging the works… my dog started growling an amazing feeling. my boyfriend didnt belive me!!

By: nag

nag — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:03:57 +0000

Its amazing to read and try to understand, I did not know so many people did not know how to speak in english in the U.k……amazing….are you sure your first language is english because mine is not…:)

By: jake

jake — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:47:26 +0000

i live near preston and i felt the shake quite badly whilst lay in bed..i was scared!!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:02:01 +0000

very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very SCARY!!!

By: chaba

chaba — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:59:01 +0000

Hi
It was well strong in Rotherham very scary

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:45:05 +0000

I was asleep, in preston lancashire, it woke me up. The bed was shaking i could hear everything in the house rattling. Didnt last long. Very scary!

By: jo

jo — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:30:59 +0000

Manchester- shaked for a while was funny my mrs just said stop shaking obviously that wasn’t me then we relised my mate in student halls was evacuated funny stuff but all is good.

By: Sinsola

Sinsola — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:00:42 +0000

A picture frame fell off the book shelf *ironically one of me* and samshed on the floor and my sister just said very calmy ‘earthquake’
I looked at her and was about to say ‘don’t be silly’ until the whole house began to shake for like 6 seconds and me and joe just clung onto eachother darting our gaze all around the room I was just expecting the house to fall in, my sister kept saying ‘it’s alright’ trying to calm us down through it and now everyone in the house can’t sleep.
I find it quite suprising that she was so mature about it as she is younger than me 0.o

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:25:41 +0000

i was in halifax in a third floor flat, my couch started vibrating i thought maybe it was someone upstairs or nelow stomping around, until the whole room started shaking, scary stuff

By: andy

andy — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:50:02 +0000

Scary shit that was a big one! That totally caught me off guard! Woke up to everything shaking! Crazy and im in Nottingham

By: George

George — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:24:37 +0000

Felt like nothing here in manchester…I grew up in Athens and felt proper earthquakes upto 7. But then of course in greece buildings are build with reinforced concrete.

I wouldn’t worry about this one which is probably caused buy a cave collapsing. I understand it can be scary to people not used to tremors, but 4.7 is only a light earthquake and its unlikely to cause any damage.

Richter scale is tricky to understand but magnitutes upto 5 are relatively harmless. After that it gets dangerous!!!!!

look here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale

and a very good link
http://www.iris.edu/seismon/
click on the circle over uk to see todays earthquake, and then look down over poor Greece being bombarded by a lot stronger earthquakes all the time. Recent ones of 6.7 (a dangerous point) but greece is still standing quite safe and nobody is paniking….its a common thing down there.

By: nina

nina — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:17:21 +0000

was doing some work in the bed room everything started to shake oh my god ilive in rochdale it wa scary

By: rollingcock

rollingcock — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:08:39 +0000

yer rach shat me up royaly

By: Rach

Rach — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:08:07 +0000

I was already awake, I heard what sounded like a gust of wind which made my door rattle. That happens a lot so i ignored it, then my whole room and bed was shaking quite violently for about 5-10 seconds. It was scary.
Happened at 1.00-1.04am South Manchester.

By: rollingcock

rollingcock — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:05:21 +0000

Im in london, it started shaking, i new something was wrong so i stood up. My bro walked in and i shouted GET OUT!!!!! we ran as fast as we could stuff was falling all around us, my cat was 4 foot in the air. As we got downstairs it was so strong my hands started falling off. My bro said KEEP GOING but i couldnt because had shat my self and needed to wipe. I ran back upstairs to the toilet but the was no paper so we popped round to the shop but it and been thrown 200 feet into the air and was bouncing around like a pogo stick. Then we went home and watched music and lyrics.