Earthquake

[Jaylay]

The earthquake felt this morning at 7.36am was 4 on the Richter scale, made the bed move

[cereza]

Just North East of Silves - quite close

[Lulu]

Yeap, We felt it and our bed shook too! according to earthquake website, was magnitude 4.0 and located near Monchique.

[analogman]

Apologies if this has been asked before, does anyone know if Carvoeiro has a Tsumani early warning siren system? It seems to me that many quakes happen off the coast and a few minutes warning would allow people to clear the village and get up to Monte Carvoeiro , or the other side, out of danger. From the big one in 1755 it seems the big problem for the Algarve was the Tsunami, not the quake, see below:

"Trade flourished and Lagos became the capital of the historical province of Algarve in 1577 and remained so until after 1755, the year of the fabled Lisbon earthquake. The earthquake damaged many areas in the Algarve and an accompanying tsunami destroyed or damaged coastal fortresses, while coastal towns and villages were heavily damaged (except Faro, which was protected by the sandy banks of Ria Formosa lagoon). In Lagos, the waves reached the top of the city walls. For many Portuguese coastal regions, including the Algarve, the destructive effects of the tsunami were more disastrous than those of the earthquake proper."

[Bruce Wallis]

My wife felt the earth move at 7:36 this morning. I slept blissfully through it.
The earth shook as if a heavy lorry was passing and the windows rattled. It lasted about 2 seconds.

The last time my wife felt the earth move was.......errrrrrrrrrr

Here's a thought........

Here in Vale Centianes, we sit about 100 yards back from the top of a 150 foot cliff.
Obviously if a 30 foot tsunami came in, the worst we would expect would be some spray, and cliff damage.
But as the wave would have nowhere to go in receding, would subsequent 30 foot waves pile up and eventually send it over the top of our 150 cliff??

[pickwick]

Bruce

Have you seen normal sized waves pile up and eventually go over the top of the 150 ft cliff as presumably they have nowhere else to go either?

Pickwick

[Bruce Wallis]

Bruce

Have you seen normal sized waves pile up and eventually go over the top of the 150 ft cliff as presumably they have nowhere else to go either?

Pickwick

I once knew a Scot with an imagination....no relation then??

[pickwick]

Bruce

I once knew a Scot with an imagination....no relation then??

What a coincidence, I once knew an Englishman who was clever and funny.........................

Pickwick

[Bruce Wallis]

Bruce

I once knew a Scot with an imagination....no relation then??

What a coincidence, I once knew an Englishman who was clever and funny.........................

Pickwick

......and now you know 2

[pickwick]

Bruce

Touché

Pickwick

[sam]

Blackpool joined in today with an earthquake measuring 2 on the Reichter scale.

[Canada]

Can you actually feel a "2" or is this an April Fool ?

[Michael Crane]

Can you actually feel a "2" or is this an April Fool ?

It's true: CLICK HERE.

[Ma-Ja's]

Can you actually feel a "2" or is this an April Fool ?

It's true: CLICK HERE.

Just because it is on the BBC news website doesn't make it true, especially as it is April 1st