Aren't earthquakes normal for central & western Scotland (though usually small ones)? For example, Comrie area used to have frequent earthquake swarms in 18th & 19th centuries, I seem to recall.

small earthquake in Walsall, West Midlands last night. 7km depth but no issues.

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Didn't feel anything here. Must be too far away.

I slept through the 2008 one so I have yet to experience what an earthquake feels like.

Just reading this thread for the first time.

I experienced the 2008 earthquake. It was weird...I could actually hear it before I felt it. It was like a deep rumble that got closer. 

It was quite amusing actually, was 19 at the time and dad came marching up the stairs asking what I was doing to vibrate the house...I had two huge floor standing speakers at the time so I guess he thought it was the bass from those! 

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Just reading this thread for the first time.

I experienced the 2008 earthquake. It was weird...I could actually hear it before I felt it. It was like a deep rumble that got closer. 

It was quite amusing actually, was 19 at the time and dad came marching up the stairs asking what I was doing to vibrate the house...I had two huge floor standing speakers at the time so I guess he thought it was the bass from those! 

 

Didn't get that one here.

The two I most remember are one in the late 1980's with I think Wrexham as the epicentre. Happened early'ish one morning when I was just getting up for school/work. The other was in the early 00's and hit Manchester where I was at work. A colleague put his hands over his head and we all took the p*ss. 

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Magnitude 6.1 quake in Afghanistan near Pakistan border; 280 deaths and counting. Afghanistan could do without this; it has enough problems already

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-61890804

 

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930 Deaths. 600 Injured . A whole village was destroyed.

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6.6-magnitude earthquake in Taiwan the epicentre was in Taitung Guanshan in the south east

Surprised there is no mention of the Cianjur earthquake.

A Child Buried in Cianjur Earthquake Rubble Found Alive after 3 Days - News En.tempo.co

It's an area I know very well 

 

Albeit not huge in the grand scheme of things, this is the second 5.4 eathquake to hit Texas in a month now, both being the equal third largest from what I can see in history, for the State, and in the same location...

https://abc13.com/was-there-an-earthquake-today-in-texas-midland-tx-usgs-recent-quakes/12580889/ 

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/18/texas-earthquake-fracking-railroad-commission/ 

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Albeit not huge in the grand scheme of things, this is the second 5.4 eathquake to hit Texas in a month now, both being the equal third largest from what I can see in history, for the State, and in the same location...

https://abc13.com/was-there-an-earthquake-today-in-texas-midland-tx-usgs-recent-quakes/12580889/ 

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/18/texas-earthquake-fracking-railroad-commission/ 

I would not be surprised if this one turned out to be a result of man-made activity too (waste water injection).

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Large Earthquake, 6.4, in northern California has killed 2 people this afternoon. Looking at the USGS website, there has been 50 aftershocks up to 4.4 from what I can see. Some pretty significant damage reported.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64046462 

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There has been a very large (magnitude 7.8) earthquake in the south of central Turkey overnight. Sadly given the intensity and location I suspect many people will have been killed along with significant damage caused to buildings.

More details of the earthquake are available here https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/ 

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620 dead so far from the earthquake, the United States Geological Survey fear the death toll could reach 10,000

Some horrendous scenes there.

Death toll bound to soar.

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Some horrific footage coming up on Twitter. The scale and strength of this earthquake seems almost unnatural.

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Another earthquake of 7.5 has been recorded further north on Central Turkey. This was even shallower at 10km. Extremely worrying.

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It is awful to read the reports today from these earthquakes. We are very fortunate to here to live in such a comparatively calm part of the world. My thoughts are with those affected by the destruction 😢 The scale of this disaster is incredible.

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Awful scenes. If there can be any slight glimmer of anything good out of this it’ll be the fall of Erdogan 

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I do wonder how much corner cutting and shoddy construction has contributed to the death toll.

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Awful scenes. If there can be any slight glimmer of anything good out of this it’ll be the fall of Erdogan 

He's like a cockroach, though. Will probably emerge politically stronger.

 

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