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mentalist May 27th 2014 10:45 am

Did The Earth Move For You?
 
Anyone else feel a brief tremor around 9.45am this morning? My office chair slid a few millimeters. Thought I imagined it until I read Gulf News just now.

Rubydo May 27th 2014 10:51 am

Re: Did The Earth Move For You?
 

Originally Posted by mentalist (Post 11277255)
Anyone else feel a brief tremor around 9.45am this morning? My office chair slid a few millimeters. Thought I imagined it until I read Gulf News just now.

I didn't feel anything but also read things about it, although the lights in the gym went out around this time too!!!! Spooky :confused:

OleJanx May 27th 2014 11:21 am

Re: Did The Earth Move For You?
 

Originally Posted by Rubydo (Post 11277259)
I didn't feel anything but also read things about it, although the lights in the gym went out around this time too!!!! Spooky :confused:

Lights going out in the gym are more likely to be the result of duff electrical systems than rumblings from Iran.

Rubydo May 27th 2014 11:23 am

Re: Did The Earth Move For You?
 

Originally Posted by OleJanx (Post 11277290)
Lights going out in the gym are more likely to be the result of duff electrical systems than rumblings from Iran.

I don't know just was roughly the same time

busybee2 May 27th 2014 11:29 am

Re: Did The Earth Move For You?
 
nope not in ab dabs.

Mogs May 27th 2014 11:45 am

Re: Did The Earth Move For You?
 
Yes - we had to evacuate the building (on SZR). After about 10 mins we decided it was too hot to stand outside for any longer and went back to work.

Inselaffen May 27th 2014 12:32 pm

Re: Did The Earth Move For You?
 
felt in 22nd floor in JLT but only 2 of us out of around 50 actually noticed.

scrubbedexpat141 May 27th 2014 1:17 pm

Re: Did The Earth Move For You?
 

Originally Posted by Inselaffen (Post 11277400)
felt in 22nd floor in JLT but only 2 of us out of around 50 actually noticed.

3 or 4 of us felt on 33rd in cluster W.

kittycat1 May 27th 2014 2:15 pm

Re: Did The Earth Move For You?
 
I was in a meeting-didn't feel a thing, my building got evacuated- no one thought to tell us- came out to a scene from 28days later.

As in deserted not zombies, well no more than usual - boom boom.

Irishbeekeeper May 27th 2014 2:18 pm

Re: Did The Earth Move For You?
 
no, was asleep at the time so didnt feel this one
by the by, was asleep in Islamabad during the 2005 7.6 one as well and was physically thrown off the bed by the first tremor even before I was wide awake. That was a big one, by any standards. Kashmir was hit pretty bad. A lot of kids were in school then and well...

Bahtatboy May 27th 2014 2:54 pm

Re: Did The Earth Move For You?
 

Originally Posted by Mogs (Post 11277319)
Yes - we had to evacuate the building (on SZR). After about 10 mins we decided it was too hot to stand outside for any longer and went back to work.

Everyone used the stairs going down, of course. :rolleyes:


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