There I am watching the Chicago White Sox against the Minnesota Twins when I hear the building crack, then a thump then my chair starts to move!!

But it's okay - an English earth tremor is more restrained than most! :D

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Does anyone know how many posts you need to become a Golden Dragon? ;)

2,500 by the looks of it :D ;)

Yeah, you guys are lucky when it comes to natural disasters....I heard that something like 2 people in the last 800 years have been killed by tornadoes. I mean, 2 years ago we had a big one an hour's drive away that killed a bunch. Earthquakes are worse though...glad I've never had to experience one.

I was in Japan 2 years ago. I was sitting on a sofa in the hotel lobby waiting for a colleague when I distinctly felt the sofa shake for about a second or two. That really put a scare in me. The rest of the people (all locals) went on as if they didn't feel a thing.

I read somewhere that Japan is the most earthquake-prone country in the world. It experiences tremors everyday.

It appears there have never been any earthquakes here in Singapore. And I certainly hope there will never be, either. [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img]

hehe...I'd make a comment on the 'earth moving' but we all know baseball isn't half that stimulating! ;) :D

hehe...I'd make a comment on the 'earth moving' but we all know baseball isn't half that stimulating! ;) :D </font>[/QUOTE]ROTFL!!

Hiya Donut. [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] Sounds like just a little hiccup of a quake. We used to get those frequently in Idaho. They keep you on your toes. :D

Erm...although, since you were watching the Twin's vs the Sox, I can't imagine how you managed to stay awake long enough to feel the quake. YAAAAAWWWWWWNNNNNN!!!!! HEHE

Didnt feel it here in middlesbrough :(
Wasnt it over manchester way?

I felt it. But by the time it reached London is was VERY slight. My coffee just shuddered a bit.
The quake came from the midlands (I think) all the way down to London. I saw it on the news.
I have experianced MUCH worse. In Spain there was a severe shake, but I was in Japan and there was a huge tremor when I was in a resturaunt. My plate smashed on the ground and a waiter dropped the huge tray of drinks he was carrying. Like Hayashi said, the locals just ignore it, but there was a French woman there who got up and screamed.

...famous last words...
Donut, I was in the Lake district in a hotel when there was an eathquake-the staff ran outside to see if any roof tiles had fallen off which is a bloody stupid thing to do, IMO :D
And there was a mini-tornado in a coastal village a while back.
Not to worry, the largest amount of people from Britain killed in a eathquake is one; a brick fell on his head and he fell off his ladder :D

I felt it, the Damn thing took my signed and framed Eric Cantona picture off the wall, and I wasn't very happy lol. But I shouldn't moan many people suffered much greater damage, whole roofs coming off some houses.

True, but we have felt tremors from earthquakes in Sumatra... [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img]

So there were some benefits then!!! :D

I felt it!

Had just gone to bed when all of a sudden my bed started juddering! I leaped out of bed and stood in the hallway going "Did you feel that, it was a f*cking earthquake!"
My ceiling plaster cracked a bit, but no major damage.

Was 4.8 on Richter scale, more seismic activity expected over the next few days.

I once experienced terrible tremors where I live. It turned out that a couple living nearby were making love.

I must admit I didn't notice it at all. I was probably drunk, the ground moves around all the time when I'm like that...

The official injury count for the quake is apparently 1, an old lady who had to be treated for shock. Please forgive my lack of hysteria. ;)

LOL, this is EXACTLY what I did!!!
Except that I yelled it out my window. I live in London, so there is always people about, so people just looked up and said YEAH!!!!!!!

LOL, this is EXACTLY what I did!!!
Except that I yelled it out my window. I live in London, so there is always people about, so people just looked up and said YEAH!!!!!!!</font>[/QUOTE]Thats sort of blown the " wouldn't you like to know " in your profile hasn't it . [img]smile.gif[/img]

lol, Lanesra, but then, loads of people already know, as I DID submit my name on the Londoners thread a while back ;)

And his name was....?
*I'll just quietly wait in this corner for my trans-atlantic slap*

Hi All

Where I live in Birmingham had the worst of it. It was just up the road from me.

I know this is old news but I have been busy with my friends running around Diablo 2 on Battlenet.

I was on b.net when it struck and trying to describe to my friends what I had felt was hilarious.

It was very powerful where I was, roof, floor and walls shook. Scared the **** outta me at the time as it was in the middle of the night, very quiet.

Lady Zidane