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Did anyone else feel an earth tremor a few minutes ago?

Old Apr 9th 2013, 12:17 pm
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A definite shake of the desks here....... no damage but we can't have all imagined it...........
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Old Apr 9th 2013, 12:25 pm
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she's causing bother down there already
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Old Apr 9th 2013, 12:26 pm
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she's causing bother down there already
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Old Apr 9th 2013, 12:31 pm
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too many short skirts and too much cleavage in Iran again.
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http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/we...gulf-1.1168528
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Old Apr 9th 2013, 12:44 pm
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Scamp got wind?
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Confirmed - people were 'asked to leave' meetings at Fairmont Business Centre........
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Default Re: Did anyone else feel an earth tremor a few minutes ago?

Originally Posted by The Dean
A definite shake of the desks here....... no damage but we can't have all imagined it...........
A 6.3 then a 5.4 in Southern Iran - about an hour before my post time (whatever time that is over there!!!)
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Default Re: Did anyone else feel an earth tremor a few minutes ago?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22077834

Reassuring... "A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck in south-west Iran, not far from the country's only nuclear power station, the US Geological Survey reports."
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Company building in Tecom evacuated, but didn't feel a thing in Umm Sequim.

I'm not used to the earth moving anyway. I'm married.
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Default Re: Did anyone else feel an earth tremor a few minutes ago?

Originally Posted by Meow
Company building in Tecom evacuated, but didn't feel a thing in Umm Sequim.

I'm not used to the earth moving anyway. I'm married.
I'm divorced but things don't move much here either
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Old Apr 9th 2013, 2:53 pm
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Default Re: Did anyone else feel an earth tremor a few minutes ago?

We had to evacuate from Sun And Sky Towers on Reem Island.....58 floors! No gym for me tonight. Still wobbling (my legs)

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Default Re: Did anyone else feel an earth tremor a few minutes ago?

I'm newly married and the earth certainly didn't move here. That said I am used to the planes leaving DIA every 5 minutes which do sometimes make things move.
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