To quote Victor " I DON'T BELIEVE IT "...

One year on all bar two days and we got another one this afternoon ! , this time centred on a town only 10kms across the valley. Luckily I had the presence of mind to grab Mrs H first as opposed to last year when I grabbed the dogs first....oops.
Anyway nothing compared to the Southern hemisphere members but to quote Elvis ...."I'm all shook up".

Hope all is OK, Jerry
You must have got some brownie points from Mrs H, though

Thanks Mick,

All fine don't know if I have earned enough to actually buy any goodies though...

To quote Mrs H , standing over my shoulder this minute (without any pointy implements) Argghhh.....  Actually, says Mrs H. I only pulled her slightly whereas last time I picked up the dogs!!!

That's because dogs are always happy to see you.

Allan

I have a spare hard hat if you want to pick it up when you visit the old country

I was in the South Island of New Zealand last year when the fatal 6.3 struck in Christchurch. Luckily I was in Greymouth with the train but got stranded over there, managed to fly back the next day to find our car was within the Red Zone and we couldnt get it out, ended up being 13 days before we could get back.

Having lived in Wellington I have experienced literally thousands of Earthquakes in my life time, they usually didn't bother me. The constant aftershocks from the 6.3 however were terrifying!

At least I could leave and go home to Auckland, knowing my home was still standing. I feel sorry for the Cantabrians though!

As I said you Guys really know the Quakes. But for us it was a 5.0 and this time the epicentre was only about 10kms so scary. Hats off to you though.

Quote from: newportnobby on January 27, 2012, 05:18:57 PM
Only ever experienced one (in the UK) and I very nearly sh messed the bed.

Reading back through the thread I found the above old post from NPN, noticable earthquakes are quite unusual for the UK

I wonder where and when !?

About 15/20y ago I was at home SW of Bristol and felt a wee wobble/unsteady on feet feeling and thought "too much alcohol the night before" and thought no more of it until wife came home, she reported that the glassware in the racks (research horticultural lab) were rattled by an earthquake ! Whoa !
but sure enough the evening TV local news reported that there had been a small earthquake in the Avon Gorge region of Bristol

One does not expect that sort of thing in England ! :-)

Currently watching the program on More 4 about how the Japanese  Tsunami happened.    Scarey stuff.