Earthquake in the UK
By Kevin
@kevin1877uk (36988)
February 17, 2018 11:01am CST
Earthquake in the UK
This afternoon about 2:30pm UK time I felt the house shake a little. Then I looked up and saw the mirror in my room shaking for maybe 2 seconds. I first I wonder what was happening, then realize it was an earthquake.
I got my laptop and searched the internet, just check to see if it was an earthquake and not something I'd imagine. Yeah sure enough an earthquake happened in the UK, 20 miles north of Swansea, but felt as far as 200 miles away. So that is why we here in Plymouth could feel the earthquake happening.
We do get earthquakes in the UK but they are small but today was recorded a 4.4 the largest for 10 years.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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17 Feb 18
There's been three today, just looking it up, one in Mexico, LA, and then Wales
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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18 Feb 18
On oh, then there was the big one in Mexico and one in LA too. Something must be happening.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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18 Feb 18
@nela13 Yeah, time to get out of here and move planets before something big happens!!!
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@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
18 Feb 18
@kevin1877uk It is quite weird that these are happening almost at the same time in so many different places on earth. 
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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17 Feb 18
Me too, although this is the second one I've known, last one maybe 10 years ago. they happen all the time but only very small ones. When I went to the earthquake site the UK had 17 this year
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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17 Feb 18
Thank you, yeah it was strange feeling and kinda scary because I didn't know what was happening to start with.
@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
17 Feb 18
I think I live in a very safe city because we hardly experience earthquake. The last time was many years ago and it was the strongest one. My cousin, who happens to be an architect explained to me that the strength of the earthquake is like a phase. It'll gradually increase over the years and once it reaches its peak, it would gradually slow down again. So I am expecting a strong one in the future. This city has never really experienced any damage due to an earthquake.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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17 Feb 18
That's good to know that you don't. Yes it was a little strange having an earthquake, wouldn't like any bigger ones to happen.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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18 Feb 18
@toniganzon The only fault is the city I live in lol, I'm not sure if the UK is on a falt line or not, maybe it is seeing that we've had 17 earthquakes so far this year, all being small apart from the one today.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
17 Feb 18
@kevin1877uk If there's no fault line in your place then you own't experience big ones. But there are a lot of fault lines in the city I live in.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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17 Feb 18
Thanks, yeah normally we only have very small ones between 1 and 2 on the scale, but every so often we do have a bigger one.
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@KristenH (33351)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
17 Feb 18
@kevin1877uk Yikes! Glad you're safe.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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20 Feb 18
I hope so, I ever saw the news, so I can't say.
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