Have you ever seen a tornado? Or felt a proper earthquake?

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Both fascinate me.
I felt a TINY earthquake in the UK many years ago. Woke me up from a sleep and felt the wardrobes shake.

Thought it was a dream till next day but I can't imagine what a proper earthquake feels like. To have the actual earth move under you.

Also I have a morbid fascination with tornados. They terrify me but I would absolutely love to see one in real life.

I experienced a few minor earthquakes when in California. The worst that happened was some mugs fell off the shelf and smashed, a couple of framed pictures fell off the wall and the kids bikes (the sort with stabilisers) that were on the patio fell over. It felt like a lorry had crashed into the house.

I was shaken awake by the 5.2 Market Rasen earthquake in 2008. We were approximately 30 miles away but the house was distinctly shaking and making a terrible racket not dissimilar to a washing machine's spin cycle.

Surprisingly enough England is one of the areas in the world where tornados occur most commonly, but most are weak and don't touch the ground for very long. I've seen a good few funnel clouds, one as recently as last August. Also saw two enormous waterspout tornadoes off the coast of Whitby.

I was nearly caught up in Hurricane Fran back in 1996. Didn't directly witness her - we'd put off travelling up I95 through the Carolinas because of it - but did pass the carnage she created almost immediately afterwards.

The states do get some interesting weather, including electric storms the like of which I've never seen in the UK. Apparently a T5-6 tornado struck Birmingham back in 2005, but nothing as strong as that is on record since. Given how densely populated we are and the mess these things create, I hope it stays that way!

Yes an earthquake, SE of England, c 2007. It was about 8 in the morning, I was having a nice lie in and the whole bed shook. I was half asleep and was totally freaked out.

Florida ..1994 horrendous

Fish went

Over the roof...scary but we survived

I have seen waterspouts (sea tornado) in the Adriatic. Really scary on a smallish boat. A group of three of them. Sea was pretty rough and it was frightening for a while.

I once saw a funnel cloud forming and then rotating in West Cumbria but it didn’t turn into a full tornado. Fascinating though.

Lived in Japan for 3 years, so lots of earthquakes, but nothing that felt big. Buildings designed for it, so not really scary.

Small one in Japan. Not scary.

Three earthquakes, no tornadoes.

The first earthquake was in the UK and I woke to strange "grinding"sound and an irregular trembling sort of feeling. On the local radio the following morning, people were calling in to say that their beds had slid across the room but I honestly think that was exaggerated crap!

The second was in Nepal and again at night. I wasn't aware of movement but the same strange noise occurred. I described it as the earth grinding its teeth.

The third was in Spain, again at night, and the movement was more pronounced, but again more like a harsh trembling than frank shaking. The noise was the same as the previous 2. The following day I was sitting on the seashore and suddenly the waves became larger for a short while before dying away again, so I'd guess that was an aftershock (the epicentre of the quake the previous night was offshore) but I didn't feel anything.

L.A. Earthquake in the mid nineties. Felt like the house was being picked up and shaken. The next day was surreal with us all walking around absolutely terrified.

I was in Greece when this earthquake happened.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021Lasithii_earthquake

Very odd experience

Hurricane in Florida '97. Watched am 18 wheeler get blown over into a ditch. Parents were in a situation where it was sager to drive than stop on the interstate.

Several blizzards and ice storms. Driving, walking in them.

Radom tiny earthquake in Surrey a few years ago. Was off to bed and was so confused. Wasn't until the next day we knew what happened.

Done plenty of tornado drills and have had several go through the local area I was living in at time. Saw the damage, but thankfully, never one up close.

We had a tornado at 6.30 this morning less than 1/4 mile away! It was mental. The house seemed to shake. The village has lots of damage. Thankfully we were unscathed apart from a fence panel.

I've slept through all the uks earthquakes though

In the student library in late eighties in Wales, experienced a slight earthquake. All the shelves shook and rattled, as if a heavy lorry was going past, but there were no roads near the library.

We're from the same place! Rhymes with button?

Boxing Day 1979 in Cumbria, then the NSW quake of 1989 - that was terrifying. Really brought it home that there is bugger all you can do. Several small tremors in Wellington NZ in the nineties.

A big one in Japan. What surprised me was that my building seemed to be going up and down and not side to side...and there was a groaning twisting kind of thundering sound. Very frightening even though I was in a different city to the epicenter.

We live in NZ, and have earthquakes all the time - never something you truly get used to, but we try to laugh them off.
We're expecting 'The Big One' in Wellington any time now, and have prepared accordingly as much as possible - a week's worth of drinking water and long-life foods, emergency pack with torch, radio, heavy duty gloves (for moving rubble)...the list goes on. We have it at home and at work. Plans for who picks the kids up, how long it'll take to walk home etc.

Would love to see a tornado, from a distance!

There was an earthquake when DS was born back in 2008. I was in hospital and it was in the middle of the night. In my sleep deprived state I couldn't understand why the walls were rattling. There have been a few instances of light tremors over the years.
We felt strong tremors last year in Corfu, probably the strongest I've ever felt. It went on long enough to feel a bit scary.

I've experienced two earthquakes in the UK so noticeable, but not particularly strong. I've seen a tornado off Corfu.

earthquake twice in NZ, once in Christchurch and once in Auckland, both quite mild but one was horizontal the other was vertical.

I have also experienced a meteor falling once. I was in the office and a sudden big boom followed by huge air wave pushing the front door. We were all like what the hell was that, my colleague said it was car accident but I knew it wasnt, it was really powerful. Later that day the news said it was a meteor landing in the area.

Yes to both, a 6.8 earthquake, thankfully had no damage (USA) plus numerous smaller ones including a 5.3 in the U.K.

Seen a tornado in the USA and a funnel cloud before it touched down here.

Also rarer a microburst, which didn't knock our tent down but did over half the camp site because thankfully we had a mountaineering tent designed for extreme weather!

2 earthquakes whilst living in East Anglia quite a few years ago now. One measured 4.5. The second one was in the middle of the night. I woke up to the whole bedroom shaking. Very weird feeling.

Several earthquakes in the UK. One I was awoken by a weird loud rumble coming towards me and then someone lifted my bed and shook it. Obviously I was absolutely certain it was a demon.

Another in Scotland was just again a really loud rumble and then an odd sensation, like I was fainting. That one was weird because I couldn't work out what had happened

Oh and a water spout

Disclaimer I didn't shoot the footage but I did watch it.

I was on a hotel balcony when an earthquake started, I thought the hotel was falling down and ran inside terrified.

It was over in no time and i almost forgot about it, but then that evening there was another when I was in an arena waiting for a concert to start. Not strong enough to cause much damage but a bit scary.