Earthquake strikes off Co. Mayo coast (4.0 mag)

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AN EARTHQUAKE of magnitude 4.0 has struck off the coast of Co Mayo this morning.

The quake, which struck just before 9am, hit at a depth of about three kilometres.

Data from the British Geological Survey* showed the epicentre of the quake as being approximately 30 miles west of Belmullet.

People living in the area reported that tremors were felt on land, with some light structural damage in some places.

Local radio station Midwest Radio broadcast listeners’ reports of damage such as cracked chimneys.

http://www.thejournal.ie/4-0-mag-earthquake-strikes-off-co-mayo-coast-476212-Jun2012/

*http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20120606075800.html#page=maps

Did any of ye feel it? I wonder if there's any chance of a tsunami..

Vicar in a tutu

Think that was just Mary harney doing a fart.

Nothingbetter2d

At about 9am this morning a Magnitude 4 quake struck off the coast of mayo

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0606/earthquake-reported-off-coast-of-mayo.html

Brian Cowen fell off a rock near Achill.

MagicRon

Who wants to blame Corrib and their gas pipes? :P

Mint Sauce

I knew that takeaway last night was a bad idea.

Tigger

I'm sure it's a disgrace they aren't covered by their insurance

darragh16

Its only Mayo

MagicRon

darragh16 wrote: »

Its only Mayo

It's only "over there"

voz es

everybody in the west ready for hike in the insurance??

Nothingbetter2d

darragh16 wrote: »

Its only Mayo

ah but it's kenny's mayo.... expect him to give them a disaster relief fund

force eleven

Feckin' Fracking

mawk

thats quite a shock

Duggy747

Light structural damage.

Slate fell off a roof, probably.

Nothingbetter2d

Duggy747 wrote: »

Light structural damage.

Slate fell off a roof, probably.

i bet a few telephone poles swayed too

the keen edge

Surely its only a matter of time now until the volcano at Croagh Patrick erupts, and floods the fcuking place with lava.

That's it, I'm definitely donning, and then wrapping my wellies in tinfoil now; I dont care how much of a Capt' Cautious I'll look like, we'll see whose laughing when I still have a pair of feet and all ye smart-arses are hobbling around on stumps.

jester77

Mother nature must be also pissed off at Kenny

Super-Rush

Ì hope nothing was Knocked over.

darragh16

MagicRon wrote: »

It's only "over there"

Exactly, so you understand

FinnLizzy

the keen edge wrote: »

Surely its only a matter of time now until the volcano at Croagh Patrick erupts, and floods the fcuking place with lava.

That's it, I'm definitely donning, and then wrapping my wellies in tinfoil now; I dont care how much of a Capt' Cautious I'll look like, we'll see whose laughing when I still have a pair of feet and all ye smart-arses are hobbling around on stumps.

Where's your God now, puny pilgrims!!!

Herb Powell

THIS IS IT, THE ELITE ARE TESTING HAARP, WE'RE FUUCKED, WE WERE WARNED OF THIS SWEET DREAMS SHEEPLE, I'LL BE IN MY BUNKER!!!!11!!!!one!!!

cocoshovel

Well I see the terrible puns have already flooded in. I just wonder how long it is until someone posts the same picture posted 100 tunes before in YLYL of a chair on its side saying NEVER FORGET or something. :rolleyes:

Pretty cool though, I want to feel an earthquake even though I didnt even notice a 5.3 one in Tokyo when I was there. Anything below 6 isnt really note worthy I guess but I wonder what the threshold for Ireland would be in terms of thing being damaged

General Relativity

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H7CY0W2Ac5o/SvlyhSWXaSI/AAAAAAAAA00/kpcS663nyg8/s400/chair.JPG

Will the wounds ever really heal?


^^

uck51js9zml2yt

Its only kenny and ring country...don't panic.

Rented Mule

4.0 constitutes an earthquake ?

It must be a slow news day.

cocoshovel

Rented Mule wrote: »

4.0 constitutes an earthquake ?

It must be a slow news day.

In Ireland it does.

Mucky.Bucky

It's a pity it wasn't down in Cork. We need something to wipe out the arrogant cock suckers. Sorry cork suckers. We'll see if their stupid little special pasdports save them.

Pedant

Nothing better than shakin' out the mayo, lonely farmers, etc..

Pottler

"Tsunami Hits Belmullet - absolute devastation, all structures levelled, most agree, place looks way better"

mickdw

Im on the mayo coast and it really wasnt a big event. I heard the noise - something like thunder but I didnt feel any movement at all.

gurramok

No jokes about Enda Kenny? FFS AH! :pac:

Rango555

MagicRon wrote: »

Who wants to blame Corrib and their gas pipes? :P

Actually todays earthquake in Mayo happened only 15km from Shell's Corrib gas field - Shell started seismic work there last Friday - its a crazy coincidence

Pherekydes

UISCE will be living up to its name.

The tsunami was probably 2mm high.

Pedant

Ireland is more at risk of being hit by a tsunami than, say, the Midwest USA or Central Europe.

Spread

mickdw wrote: »

Im on the mayo coast and it really wasnt a big event. I heard the noise - something like thunder but I didnt feel any movement at all.

And what about your cailin deas? Did the earth move for her?

General General

Rango555 wrote: »

Actually todays earthquake in Mayo happened only 15km from Shell's Corrib gas field - Shell started seismic work there last Friday - its a crazy coincidence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W77IqQW9xzU

Battered Mars Bar

Anyone get a few pics of it?

charlemont

Rango555 wrote: »

Actually todays earthquake in Mayo happened only 15km from Shell's Corrib gas field - Shell started seismic work there last Friday - its a crazy coincidence

Are you serious ? Is that true ? What does their seismic work consist of ?

SEANoftheDEAD

Earthquake near Mayo... I thought we voted Yes for stability?

Rango555

charlemont wrote: »

Are you serious ? Is that true ? What does their seismic work consist of ?

http://www.environ.ie/en/Foreshore/ApplicationsandDeterminations/ShellEPIrelandLtd5611Jan10/ApplicationDetails/FileDownLoad,23321,en.pdf Page 38 outlines the method. http://www.transport.ie/upload/general/13495-MN17OF2012_SEISMICSURVEY_CORRIBFIELD-1.PDF Work runs from June 1'st to the middle of September.

Rango555

http://afloat.ie/port-news/marine-wildlife/item/18887-corrib-gas-field-survey-breaches-eu-directive-says-iwdg

And it also seems that the work itself could be in breach of an EU directive.

poleshift

Look to the bigger picture and connect the dots...recently an unusual earthquake in italy!....and now this in ireland...and we have the so called HUM on the west coast of ireland....dublin city had unusual flood...ireland and the rest of the world are breaking weather records on a continuous basis for the last 12 months at least - indonesia's recent large earthquake, then we had the mexico quakes and back to the tsunami in japan...the mass deaths of birds, animals and fish all the world - bangkok had a record flood as did fiji.....earth changes....poleshift...do your research!....connect the dots....see the bigger picture..rather than delve in the superficial and wise cracks....you will get a big surprise...poleshift ning....global catastrophe on the way.....fracking or drilling for gas does not cause earthquakes - kinsale in cork never produced a quake!

stevenmu

Too many dots...didn't connect.

Nothingbetter2d

actually poleshift your right about the poles shifting..... it happens roughly once every 250000 years or so, and its started to begin again... it is estimated that within the next 10000 years the poles will have flipped

My name is URL

poleshift wrote: »

fracking or drilling for gas does not cause earthquakes

Yes it does

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/09/nation/la-na-fracking-quake-20120310
http://www.treehugger.com/energy-disasters/unprecedented-rise-earthquakes-directly-linked-oil-and-gas-drilling.html

Herb Powell

poleshift wrote: »

Look to the bigger picture and connect the dots...recently an unusual earthquake in italy!....and now this in ireland...and we have the so called HUM on the west coast of ireland....dublin city had unusual flood...ireland and the rest of the world are breaking weather records on a continuous basis for the last 12 months at least - indonesia's recent large earthquake, then we had the mexico quakes and back to the tsunami in japan...the mass deaths of birds, animals and fish all the world - bangkok had a record flood as did fiji.....earth changes....poleshift...do your research!....connect the dots....see the bigger picture..rather than delve in the superficial and wise cracks....you will get a big surprise...poleshift ning....global catastrophe on the way.....fracking or drilling for gas does not cause earthquakes - kinsale in cork never produced a quake!

Yes because seismic activity and weather are totally related........