Earthquake in Stuttgart

We live about 15 minutes East of Sindelfingen, did anyone else notice this??
Last night about 3 am I was woken by a sound which can only be described as quiet thunder then the whole house started creaking and moving gently. There was no thunder or lightning and it was so bad it woke my Husband (Now men you know it must have been something to wake a man who has slept through cyying babies and violent thunder storms) It all lasted no more than about 5 seconds.

Just wondering if the Earth moved for anyone else last night!???

Earthquake in Strasbourg

Well I guess it wasn't just me and that this one was felt as far north as Heidelberg

Lake Constance got a bit of a shaking, too...

Christ, I wondered what it was!!! I went to bed about 2:00 a.m., and then at exactly 3:00 a.m. I woke up and could have sworn that my bed was shaking, like it was a metal bed and everything was rattling, but I have a solid wooden bed and thought it couldn't have been. But I was wide awake and was sure that I'd been woken up by something. Then this morning I had a quick look around the flat to see if anything was out of the ordindary, and I saw that a picture of my girlfriend on top of the TV had fallen onto the floor. Bloody hell, it must have been pretty strong (by European standards).

That's because they are just noises, poor bloke probably thought the shaking meant it was time to get up for work

Any woman who's spent time with a man must surely know that the noises made by children, thunder storms and alarm clocks don't wake a man at sleep.

Reminds me of the quake we had here about 10 years ago. That was about 4,7 centred at Roermund, about 70km away. Actually did a lot of damage in the vicinity.

My ex woke me saying I had to wake up because the house was shaking. I said it was probably just a big train (we lived near a railway line). She said no! It was more than that.

Having lived the formative years of my life near the highland fault line, where the occasional rumble is pretty normal, I then suggested that it was probably just an earthquake, so she should go back to sleep as it was nothing to worry about.

That's when panic broke out. The light went on, I got pushed around and shouted at, that the 2 feet spherical glass ceiling light was about to fall on us. Well, it was swaying about 10cm out of line. So I said it would be alright and, as it was now over, we could go back to sleep.

She was having none of that. I had to get up and get dressed. She insisted I go round the flat and check for cracks, because the house might fall down. Mind you, there was a lot of activity on the street, but they hadn't got round to pitching tents.

Having assessed that there were no cracks which might endager the stability of the house, she got up and double checked. Having seen there were none, the question of the condition of the walls on the lower floors (we lived on the 5th from 7) came up, so I should go and ask the neighbours. I opened the door and shouted down the stairs, if anybody had any cracks in their walls. Somebody actually shouted a "no" back, which seemed to comfort her.

So with that all clear, we went back to bed.

That was when it occurred to her that the wardrobe could have fallen on us, as it had been shaking around as well. So the next weekend was spent relocating the bedroom furniture, to ensure that the wardrobe couldn't fall on us if there was another quake.

OH god yeh!
I was at my PC doing a bit of late night surfing then felt strange vibrations coming from the floor and table.. immediatly thought of that film the Politgeist and had visions it was coming out of PC to get me so quickly switched off PC and went to bed thinking ghostly things was in room. Then had a full continuous x rated nightmare that was so real...about a mad man who was chopping up bodies, I woke up just at the point where he was chasing me wielding this axe!
happy now to hear the vibrations was a just earthquake [img]http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/Smileys/default/grin.gif[/img]

Don't worry Shannon, we'll send the Polterkommisar round to sort out your Politgeist

as long as I dont have to sign another contract ..ok

Just make sure you claim your free crucifix!

I felt it Nicole. Assumed it must have been Benny falling out of bed. I got up and made some tea and read about Chelsea online.

It is the second earthquack since we moved to Strasbourg 3 years ago.

The first was earlier in the evening so got to experiance that one while watching TV. With this one, my husband, daughter and myself all just slept through it...how sad are we? :$

From people here who are a little more sensative than us said they heard a noise first that woke them before the earth shook. One said they could feel it coming, passing underneath and than moving off.

Reggie lmao

Only just read this one. Yes it was a real earthquake, with the epicenter in the Black Forest. Apparently the scale of quake you only get every 30 yrs or so.

I slept like a baby through the whole thing, probably because of that wine I had on Saturday ...

Nicole, I do hope this isn't the only reason the "earth moves" for you