Earthquake epicentre at Brandy wharf

Yes, but what about the ... oh, never mind.

Being serious for a moment, the local newspapers latched onto the initial location figures, and don't seem to have realised that the geologists have been refining them. Early locations given on various websites are as far apart as Walesby and Sudbrooke.

The USGS plumps for a field just to the east of Holton-cum-Beckering, not far from the road between Market Rasen and Wragby, and says the horizontal error is a possible 6.8 kilometres.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre centres their estimate about 2.5 kilometres SW of the former nuclear weapons store at the RAF Faldingworth site.

Are you suggesting that something that was left behind went bang?

Doubt it six miles down.... It would be a tad hot at that depth.

Lee D

Fellow groupers,

I hope everybody in the UK is OK following the earthquake. Sorry for the late reaction but I was re-formating the computer during the weekend.

Isn't it very rare for the UK to have earthquakes? I very faintly recollect something like an earthquake happening just once before in the 10 years we have been in touch through this newsgroup.

Here in Greece we have at least a couple of faint earthquakes happening daily and more strong ones are getting more frequent this last few weeks. Earthquakes is something you get to know to live with but nevertheless it is far better not to know them at all. A very frightening thing and something you can do nothing to avoid, apart from having a big tent and supplies stored in the car, having added protection for debris around your bed and hoping your house does not fall on your head..... (sorry for that but it is the plain truth)

Take care Pantelis

Several hundred a year but very small, most people don't notice them. The one the other week is the sort of "30 year" earthquake, ie one of that size every 30 years or so. One serious injury to a chap in bed when the chimney came through the roof and landed on his pelvis...

Looking at the pictures of the damaged chimneys a good strong wind would have had them down... Poor maintenace.

Nothing you can do at all other than mitigate the damage when one occurs. Build with quakes in mind, have a good strong table to dive under down stairs (unless getting out of the building is quicker) and like you say something over the bed(s). Four posters suddenly have an appeal in an earthquake zone. B-)