BGS ALERT: POSSIBLE SONIC EVENT  NORTH DEVON  26 OCTOBER 2006  10:30 - 10:5=
0 UTC

BGS have received information via the Media and the Police in North Devon &=
 Cornwall of a felt event sometime between 10:30 and 10:50 UTC, this mornin=
g, in the region between Holsworthy, Devon and Bude, Cornwall.  Reports des=
cribed, "the whole street shook", "people ran into the streets to investiga=
te" and "there was a loud bang followed by a rumbling".  Some reports, via =
the Media, have also suggested that damage has occurred to some houses in t=
he region.  Data from the BGS seismic network in the region were examined b=
ut no earthquakes or signals consistent with a sonic origin were recorded. =
 However, the reports received are consistent with historical observations =
received for previous events with a sonic origin.

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Davie Galloway
Earthquake, Forensic Seismology and Geomagnetism
British Geological Survey
Murchison House
West Mains Road
Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK

Tel: +44-(0)131-650-0273 (direct)
Tel: +44-(0)131-667-1000 (switchboard)
Tel: +44-(0)7801-792-085 (mobile)
Fax: +44-(0)131-667-1877
mailto:d.galloway@bgs.ac.uk
http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/

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Julian Bukits
British Geological Survey
Murchison House
West Mains Road
Edinburgh EH9 3LA, UK

Tel: +44-(0)131-650-0302(direct)
Tel: +44-(0)131-667-1000 (switchboard)
Fax: +44-(0)131-667-1877
mailto:jbukits@bgs.ac.uk
http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/

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