wow just had an earth tremor ..here in north wales

[aboard_epsilon]

0:58 am

whole house shook for about 10 seconds

its a first for me .

all the best.markj

[Evan]

Sure enough.

[aboard_epsilon]

i just corrected my comp clock and it was 1 min out .......so actually happend 0:57

so took 1 min plus or minus to travel from john stevenson ......thats his area on the map !!!!

all the best.mark

[Evan]

The surface wave travels at 8 miles per second.

[sconisbee]

heh i just heard about that from a friend that i was txt'ing earlier, shes in manchester the darned thing woke her up.

any damage mark?

[aboard_epsilon]

will have a look tomorrow

129 miles/ 8 = 16.1 secs difference between me and john.

so must have actually happened at ........

00:57:01 here

thats road miles ...so ......

all the best..mark

[Evan]

A 4.7 quake at 10 km deep isn't likely to cause damage. That's a pretty deep quake so by the time the wave reaches the surface it has spread out a lot.

[JRouche]

Whats interesting for me is not the magnitude but the possible rarity.. Are they very rare in that area? We have them often being on the pacific rim so I expect them.

What would be odd if an area that has been seismically stable for a very long time all of a sudden becoming active. Good Ol mother earth. Shiftin and movin. Glad you didnt have any damage. JRouche

[boslab]

think they seem to be getting more frequent, several over last couple of years seem to have been reported on tv, odd
mark

[Bob Ford]

California and Nevada latest earth quakes.
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latestfault.htm

Bob