2008-02-27

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2008-02-27 01:17 am
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Eeep

Just got woken up by an Earthquake! Is now up on BGS website... Was actually rather scary. Not felt by parents in Guildford, but shook Jon in Manchester.

European version: http://www.emsc-csem.org/ since the UK one is being hammered at the moment!

EDIT: http://www.emsc-csem.org/index.php?page=current&sub=indepth&id=AUP14;INFO - if you want to fill in the report, use IE not Firefox... :¬/

Summary:
Magnitude mb 4.9
Region ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
English Midlands
Date time 2008-02-27 at 00:56:45.6 UTC
Location 53.38 N ; 0.21 W
Depth 26 km
Distances 42 km S Kingston upon hull (pop 302,296 ; local time 00:56 2008-02-27)
13 km W Louth (pop 16,635 ; local time 00:56 2008-02-27)
8 km E Market rasen (pop 3,569 ; local time 00:56 2008-02-27)


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008nyae.php

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 4.7
Date-Time
  • Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 00:56:45 UTC
  • Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 12:56:45 AM at epicenter
Location 53.321°N, 0.314°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Distances 50 km (30 miles) S of Kingston upon Hull, England, UK
70 km (45 miles) NE of Nottingham, England, UK
80 km (50 miles) E of Sheffield, England, UK
205 km (125 miles) N of LONDON, United Kingdom
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.8 km (4.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 50, Nph= 50, Dmin=291.4 km, Rmss=1.02 sec, Gp= 54°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source
  • USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2008nyae
  • This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.