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Old 07-05-10, 06:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi I know I have little for doing but did anyone experience the tremor last night at about 11.30 or was everybody watching the election results.
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Old 07-05-10, 08:22 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Must have been the mother inlaws bra gave way and her knockers hit the floor, sorry
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Nothing Here, where abouts are you?
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IP resolves to Rochdale. I'm not so far away and never felt a thing
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tremor was reported in parts of Ireland too. 2 point something on richtor scale.
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There's a website here that keeps track (scroll to bottom for map).
There was one at Richmond, Yorks, about 45 minutes after the OP experienced and one near Morcombe - a few days earlier.
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tremor was reported in parts of Ireland too. 2 point something on richtor scale.

Richtor scale hasn't been used for years, its the moment magnitude scale
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