PLANETARY TREMORS: "It Was SIGNIFICANT" - Earthquake "Shook Houses" In Southeast England!

The earthquake at was centred near the Oxfordshire-Buckinghamshire border

March 7, 2016 - ENGLAND - An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.3 has been recorded in Oxfordshire, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has confirmed.

Residents in Chinnor and Thame as well as Princes Risborough, Aylesbury and Bledlow in Buckinghamshire reported feeling shaking late on Sunday.

The BGS said the earthquake, centred on the village of Emmington, happened at 23:11 GMT.

Seismologist Glen Ford said: "The fact it was noticed makes it a bit special." A caller to BBC Radio Oxford, who lives in Chinnor, said: "The whole place shook - it was more than a wind and rattled the windows."

People also took to social media to post comments after experiencing the late-night movement.

Anna Edwards tweeted: "Earthquake or explosion? Something moved in S Oxon. Felt in Chinnor & Thame."

The earthquake was picked up by the British Geological Survey's sensors.© British Geological Survey

Chris White tweeted: "Bucks earth quake? We felt it, house shook, low noise!"

Emily Smith also posted: "Magnitude 2.3 earthquake in Bucks last night, that explains the house shaking then."

The BGS said the quake was one of about a dozen felt in the UK each year.

Mr Ford said: "Old geological faults still get activated by the stresses which are put on them from the major fault lines we have, and every now and again these pressures are released with a small earthquake."

He added: "It was a very small earthquake, but in UK terms it was significant as it was actually felt by the general public - 90% of earthquakes go completely unnoticed." - BBC.

PLANETARY TREMORS: Second Earthquake Hits Cornwall, UK Within A Week - British Geological Survey!

A map of Britain shows the location of all minor earthquakes in the last 50 days. 
© British Geological Survey

February 3, 2016 - UNITED KINGDOM - A second earthquake has hit Cornwall in a week - leaving residents a little shaken by the minor tremor.

The British Geological Survey confirmed a signal at 12.04pm between Falmouth and Helston.

The data is now due to be analysed to determine its strength.

Kim Kimber, who lives near Falmouth, said: "Initially thought it might be thunder but there was not enough cloud. It felt wrong too.

"The whole house shook and the windows were rattling. I felt the vibration through the floor.

"If we lived near a quarry I might have thought they were blasting but nearest live quarry is a couple of miles away."

Last week, an earlier earthquake struck parts of Cornwall - sending a low rumble through houses around the area.

But far from any fears of a major seismic shift, perhaps splitting Cornwall from the rest of mainland Britain, the quake measured only 0.8 on the Richter Scale.

Seismographs may have started scratching out a recording of the tremor, but a slight shock of this magnitude is known as a microearthquake, so minor that they are often not even felt except by specialist sensitive equipment.

Some residents in the area around Penryn in Cornwall - which was recorded as the epicentre by the British Geological Survey and private sites such as the Newquay Weather Station - reported the low rumble sound and slight ripples of shaking in their homes but the magnitude of the earthquake was too minor to cause any significant damage or concerns.

The earthquake struck the area around Penryn at 11.28pm on Wednesday night.

There have been minor tremors recorded in the UK in the past, with one of the biggest in 2008 when the highest magnitude quake recorded in 25 years hit parts of Newcastle, Yorkshire, Cumbria and the Midlands, measuring a 5.2 magnitude with an epicentre in Lincolnshire. - Western Morning News.

PLANETARY TREMORS: Earthquake Hotspot - Britain's Second Earthquake In 48 Hours Strikes In East Midlands!

The epicentre of the 2.9 magnitude quake was at Headbourne Worthy, just north of Winchester

January 29, 2015 - BRITAIN - An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale has struck in the East Midlands.

The UK's second major quake in 48 hours struck in Rutland at around 10:25pm at a depth of around 10 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

According to residents, the tremor shook houses in the village of Cottesmore and the surrounding area. Jonathan Agnew, the BBC cricket correspondent who lives nearby, tweeted: "The earth just moved in the Vale. I mean seriously. Anyone else feel it?"

Others posted photographs of framed pictures hanging on the walls slightly askew to show the aftermath of the earthquake.

Sally Smart wrote: "Earthquake wow that was a biggen!! Thought a truck was coming through the house #adrenalinepumping."

The British Geological Survey (BGS) said: "Just looking into reports of a possible earthquake in the Leics/Rutland area. Watch this space."

Rutland is becoming something of an earthquake hotspot after three tremors were reported in two weeks last April.

It comes after an earthquake hit Winchester yesterday with police receiving reports of something which "felt like an explosion which shook their houses".

The quake is believed to have hit the Hampshire town at about 6.30pm at a depth of three kilometres, according to the BGS website.

A police spokesman said that no explanation or cause for the shaking could be found and no injuries had been reported.  - Telegraph.

2.9 magnitude earthquake and 'boom sound' in Hampshire, England

An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.9 has been recorded in Hampshire, the British Geological Survey has confirmed.

Postings on social media reported buildings in the Winchester area shaking following a tremor shortly after 18:30 GMT.

A police spokeswoman said no injuries or serious damage had been reported.

Matthew Emery, from South Wonston, near Winchester described the experience as "almost as if Concorde had flown over".

The British Geological Survey (Bgs) reported a tremor at a depth of 3km (1.9miles) at Headbourne Worthy, just north east of Winchester.

BGS Seismologist David Galloway said the UK experienced about 10 quakes of such a size each year which were "usually quite widely felt around the area".

"We live on a dynamic planet. We're actually sitting in the middle of one of the plates on the earth's crust, but because of the stresses caused by all the movement, we still get little earthquakes in the UK."

The BGS said it had received a report from a residents who said "the whole bed was visibly shaking" as well as one who said the earthquake sounded "like a bus" crashing "into the neighbours house at speed".

Hampshire Constabulary said it had initially received lots of calls from concerned residents in the Kingsworthy area following reports of something which "felt like an explosion which shook their houses".

Residents also took to social media to describe what happened.

Rowland Rees tweeted: "Quake felt in Crawley, Winchester. Whole house shook for a few seconds!"

And Jen Gupta said in a tweet: "Our house in Winchester just shook enough to rattle glasses in the cupboard, accompanied by a boom sound."

Rachel Cristofoli, in Kings Worthy, said: "Everyone felt it and came outside to see what was going on. It lasted about 5 seconds, but the houses all shook from top to bottom."

Brook Ethridge, barmaid at the South Wonston Social Club, said: "About half past six, I was sitting reading my book and all the glasses started shaking. It sounded like someone had driven into the back of the club.

"Everyone ran outside, couldn't see anything. It doesn't sound like the sort of thing that happens in a quiet little place - you just don't expect it." - BBC.

PLANETARY TREMORS: Scottish Highlands Hit By Largest Earthquake In 120 Years!

February 02, 2013 - UNITED KINGDOM -  A 2.4-magnitude earthquake has been recorded in one of the most northerly parts of the UK.

It is the largest quake in the area for around 120 years.

It was recorded by the British Geological Survey at 4.16am yesterday, about seven miles (11km) south of the village of Durness, in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. Only one resident, who lives near Loch Eriboll, reported feeling a "slight rumbling".

The earthquake is the largest recorded in the region since one on September 26 1887 which had a magnitude of three. The Richter Magnitude Scale typically ranges from 0 to 9. David Galloway, a seismologist at the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh, said the earthquake was fairly small and went relatively unnoticed by residents because of the time of day it happened.

"We only had one person, who was already awake, report to us that they felt a slight rumbling," he said. "Most people will have been asleep when this happened and we wouldn't expect it to wake anyone up. If it was during the day, and in an area of higher population, we would expect more reports of people having felt it.

"It is one of five or six recorded in the region within a 30km (19-mile) radius, and the largest since 1887. It is not a region that experiences many earthquakes." No reports of any damage were made. - Herald Scotland.

WEATHER ANOMALIES: Rare 'Mild' Tsunami/Tidal Surge Hits UK?!

"...it was pouring over the causeway like a torrent..."

A "mild tsunami" along the South West coast was probably caused by an underwater landslide, a coastal expert has said. The unusual tidal surge struck the Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Hampshire coastline on Monday morning.

There were reports of rivers changing direction, fish leaping out of water and hair standing on end due to static. Dr Mark Davidson, from the University of Plymouth, said the surge was quite a "rare" occurrence. The first reports of the event came from St Michael's Mount in Cornwall. Boatman Dave Ladner said: "The funniest thing was on the causeway all the ladies' hair was standing on end with the static. "The sea on the eastern side was probably 8ins (20cm) to a 1ft (0.3m) higher than the rest and it was pouring over the causeway like a torrent rather than just a gentle meeting in the middle." Roland Stewart from Millbrook, near Plymouth, said: "It was quite violent in a way, my dinghy was moving around with the movement of the water and I just wondered what the hell was going on.... within 15 minutes it was all over."

Amateur video footage shot on the Yealm estuary, to the east of Plymouth, shows the surge. Bob Brown was launching his dinghy at the mouth of estuary at 1015 BST, an hour after low tide when he saw the wave. He said: "The tide was coming in from left to right, all of a sudden it stopped coming in from the sea and went back the other way. "It came back at quite a force, all the boats were bobbing around. "To see a tide suddenly stop and go back the other way at four times the speed was unbelievable." He said a local landowner told him the first thing he noticed was "lots and lots of fish jumping out of the water". Dr Davidson, an associate professor in coastal processes, told BBC Spotlight: "[Surges] are quite rare and it's probably not a tidal phenomenon. "It's probably more likely to be a tsunami of some kind, obviously it's quite mild. "It's probably not due to an earthquake, which is the normal source. "It's probably more likely to be a sub-marine landslide." According to the Tidal Gauge Anomaly measure, which records the difference between the forecast tide and the actual tide, the anomaly on Monday morning in Newlyn, Cornwall was 0.2m (0.7ft), in Plymouth 0.3m (1ft) and in Portsmouth 0.4m (1.3ft). The MET Office in Exeter said it did not think anything in the weather could have caused the change in the tidal pattern. The British Geological Survey said there was no seismic activity in UK waters over the weekend. - BBC.

WATCH: Mild tsunami strikes Cornish coast, shifting water levels 'in a flash'.