Bloody great earth tremor

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Lozzo, Feb 27, 2008.

  1. Lozzo

    Snowleopard Guest

    Snowleopard, Feb 27, 2008
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  2. Lozzo

    Snowleopard Guest

    I didn't notice a thing, although there was a little aftershock around
    6am ;~)
     
    Snowleopard, Feb 27, 2008
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  3. Lozzo

    Gyp Guest

    And I still made it home in time for breakfast ;-)
     
    Gyp, Feb 27, 2008
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  4. Lozzo

    platypus Guest

    Heh. There, there.
     
    platypus, Feb 27, 2008
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  5. Lozzo

    Snowleopard Guest

    You and your sleepw%&^£&£*^£*nocarrier
     
    Snowleopard, Feb 27, 2008
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  6. Lozzo

    Pip Luscher Guest

    Eh? Earthquake?

    What earthquake?
     
    Pip Luscher, Feb 27, 2008
    #46
  7. Old plate boundaries? The British Isles is a mish-mash of old and new
    rocks anyway, with some of the world's oldest rocks in the North of
    Scotland, so **** knows what's going on underneath.
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    Dave
    GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

    "A scone and tea at half past three
    Makes the day a little brighter
    Keep your cakes and fancy tarts
    And stick them up your shiter."
     
    Grimly Curmudgeon, Feb 28, 2008
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  8. Lozzo

    prawn Guest

    Another thing that I forgot[1] was that The North is rising and the South
    is sinking as a result of receding ice from the Ice Age[2].

    [1] Well done Radio 4 for reminding me.
    [2] We are still in an Ice Age, just not not here.
     
    prawn, Feb 28, 2008
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  9. Lozzo

    les Guest

    On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:52:04 +0000, prawn wrote:

    ..
    ITYM as a result of isostatic equilibrium.
     
    les, Feb 28, 2008
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  10. Lozzo

    Lucifer Guest

    Err...student of geology here, firstly 5.2 isn't really very strong,
    and it appears to have been on an old fault that got reactivated, as
    rocks aren't really very flexible at the surface, and continental
    margins don't run in neat straight lines, strain can penetrate a very
    long way into continental interiors. For anything more detailed than
    that, I would have to ask me lecturers, and the geophysics ones were
    all rather busy yesterday (there were media types around filming the
    seismograph and asking various questions of at least one geophysics
    lecturer)
     
    Lucifer, Feb 28, 2008
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  11. Lozzo

    prawn Guest

    I mentioned that IANA geologist up ^^ there somewhere.
     
    prawn, Feb 28, 2008
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  12. Lozzo

    Lucifer Guest

    Besides, it's isostatic rebound caused by the ice receeding after the
    most recent glaciation, so you weren't actually wrong.
     
    Lucifer, Feb 29, 2008
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  13. Lozzo

    Beav Guest

    His pelvis is at the top of your street? **** me!


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    Beav, Feb 29, 2008
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