Earthquake felt in Bermuda
At 12.38pm today Bermuda shook as a 4.5 magnitude earthquake rattled buildings and made people stop in their tracks and wonder if they’d had one too many early lunch sharpeners.
I was in the Bank of Butterfield at the time and no one appeared to blink an eyelid, even the useless staff who were asleep while customers queued. The earthquake was 50 miles west of the island and only around 2 miles deep below the previously still clear Atlantic Ocean.
No damage or injuries are being reported. Bermuda is a known hurricane centre, but earthquakes is a new one on me. There is no fault line in the middle of the Atlantic technically speaking but there is a divergance zone where the mid-oceanic ridge passes through to Iceland.
Unlike hurricanes there is no season for earthquakes, and no warning, but the recent spate of world activity is showing that someone down there, or up there for that matter, is not happy.
Had to laugh at your comemnt about the Bank staff CA.
Last week the Tunbridge Wells Lloyds had to shut because of a demo held in their customer service area. It was apparently an unofficial art exhibition involving children and adults, in protest at their dodging of UK taxes. I’ll have to recheck as it seems a bit surreal..