earthquake anyone feel it

berty



Joined: 11/01/2008
Posts: 216

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:07

yesterdays earth quake. Did anyone feel it?

chriso767


Joined: 25/08/2009
Posts: 13

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:10

How often do you feel tremors there ?

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:14

nothing to worry about - it was Mrs M's tummy rumbling cos Gulen kebab ran out of chicken...

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:21

The earth moved for me lol

berty



Joined: 11/01/2008
Posts: 216

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:43

never felt anything here in Saudi lol

Cyprusraider


Joined: 08/04/2009
Posts: 99

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 15:49

What earthquake ??

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 16:10

Don't know anyone who felt it in the North but friends outside Limasol said it was frightning.

cypwine


Joined: 09/05/2009
Posts: 177

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 16:52

It was mainly felt in Nicosia and Limassol, 4.5 on the ricter scale, we have had much worse in the past.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 17:16

Hi Kiwis - I was in the Inangahua earthquake in '68 - the house next door (Nelson) went sliding down the hill and woman killed. I was in a high set 2 storey and had just bought my first colour TV. It skedaddled out of the room on its trolley and down two flights of stairs - smithereens!



There was a beauty shaker (RoC) in '99 - epicentre being the Dhiarizos valley (Koukla) - girley and I raced out of the house and the water tank was swaying on its tower - the house cracked end for end and side on, too!



Had to cut down and brace the tank stand and fix the house - tiled patio was all cracked, too! - Deep joy - well it was when a couple of Poms, who'd already bought an apartment on TT land at Moutallos, bought the old, rooted beyond repair 'concrete tent'!

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 17:17

Forgot to mention: The Inangahua earthquake was 8.5 on the Richter Scale!!!

tiara


Joined: 21/08/2009
Posts: 111

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 19:17

didnt feel it it would have been in the Kibris newspaper anyway...

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 20:42

Oh, was that an Earthquake? There was me thinking..... )

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 23:26

Naughty boy, No1Doyen,

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
27/08/2009 16:08

dizzy dont say too much as they will all want one

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
27/08/2009 16:18

dizzy. Sorry, be gentle with me. )

kiwikid


Joined: 18/08/2008
Posts: 496

Message Posted:
27/08/2009 17:16

My kids felt it in Lefkosa, I got an excited phone call from them as it was the first one they have been in that they were old enough to know what it was.

It was also mentioned in the mid week Cyprus today.

I think kiwi's get a bit relaxed about earthquakes, when i was still living in NZ i wouldn't bother getting out of bed unless the bed started moving across the room, usually meant it was about 6 on the richtor scale.

After the Big one in 99 in Istanbul we had a few small ones here, which sent me in to total panic as we live on the second floor of an apt block. I've never been the same since.