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Apparently there were four in the UK today
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/brit-...
Plus loads happening in Greece.
Anyone know if the planet is suffering with a higher number?
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/brit-...
Plus loads happening in Greece.
Anyone know if the planet is suffering with a higher number?
Loads happen all the time
This site gives some good info
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/
The apparent increase in the number of quakes is not because global seismic activity has increased, but because the number of seismic networks around the world and their sensitivity to detect smaller quakes has been constantly increasing.
This site gives some good info
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/
The apparent increase in the number of quakes is not because global seismic activity has increased, but because the number of seismic networks around the world and their sensitivity to detect smaller quakes has been constantly increasing.
I’ve lived in a few earthquake prone places, but by far the worst was Taiwan, not a week went by without tremors, it gets to the point, you don’t notice them that is unless you live on the 16th floor, which does an excellent job of accentuating the feeling.
My first ever experience, was the one that’s remained with me, visiting Taipei, with my then GF with a view to moving there. I’d just seen her and a friend off at the railway station, my first time alone in Taiwan, suddenly the ground started sliding side to side then up and down, it lasted an eternity, reality a little over a minute, but the after shocks continued for a couple of days.
Everyone was screaming and running, unsure what they are running from I nonchalantly crossed the road into a park, where there were undeterred Filipina domestic workers enjoying a day off “What was that?” “Earthquake Sir, they happen all the time.”
People get very friendly and incredibly chatty, language difference we don’t give a damn, we’re talking to you, everywhere comes alive; I guess its some kind of coping mechanism, returning to the hotel there sizable cracks in the walls, apparently Mw = 6.8, fortunately very few fatalities.
Undeterred we moved there a year later, travelling around the Island it was easy to recognise areas that had been hit in the past, the most devastating was 1999 7.6 in which 2,400 people lost their lives, driving through one town (Checheng) the only building that remained was the railway station.
If asked to sum up the feeling of a significant earthquake, I would say it’s akin to watching 9/11 you’re a passenger, there is nothing you can do except watch/witness it.
My first ever experience, was the one that’s remained with me, visiting Taipei, with my then GF with a view to moving there. I’d just seen her and a friend off at the railway station, my first time alone in Taiwan, suddenly the ground started sliding side to side then up and down, it lasted an eternity, reality a little over a minute, but the after shocks continued for a couple of days.
Everyone was screaming and running, unsure what they are running from I nonchalantly crossed the road into a park, where there were undeterred Filipina domestic workers enjoying a day off “What was that?” “Earthquake Sir, they happen all the time.”
People get very friendly and incredibly chatty, language difference we don’t give a damn, we’re talking to you, everywhere comes alive; I guess its some kind of coping mechanism, returning to the hotel there sizable cracks in the walls, apparently Mw = 6.8, fortunately very few fatalities.
Undeterred we moved there a year later, travelling around the Island it was easy to recognise areas that had been hit in the past, the most devastating was 1999 7.6 in which 2,400 people lost their lives, driving through one town (Checheng) the only building that remained was the railway station.
If asked to sum up the feeling of a significant earthquake, I would say it’s akin to watching 9/11 you’re a passenger, there is nothing you can do except watch/witness it.
The earthquakes in Greece currently are near Santorini - apparently it's tectonic and not volcanic:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/4/greeces-in...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/4/greeces-in...
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