Did Ireland ever experience earthquakes?

Question

Did Ireland ever experience earthquakes?

Answer 1

it could but i don't think it's by any falt lines or near the end of a plate

Answer 2

Yes I remember one during the eighties.  (Dublin)It just felt as if things shook a little, i.e. chairs and beds moved on the floor.  No damage was done.  there was another one since then (last year) in the middle of the Irish Sea (between England and Ireland) but no effects were felt. They are very rare and usually of minor level.

Answer 3

ireland not to sure about that but you can find out on www.history.com

Answer 4

Bonjour

The whole of Ireland is practically free of earthquakes.

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aurevoir

Answer 5

not sure.

Answer 6

not that i know of,Am living here all my life.

Answer 7

I'm from Ireland i live in Dublin but no never earthquakes we don't live near the edge of the American and Eurasian plates we just had a few tremors that's it

Answer 8

Yes , but very small tremors with little damage. The last one people described it like a HGV passing near their home.

Answer 9

Yes. When I was about 14, during the 1980s, there was an earthquake. Its epicentre was in Wales but we felt it in the South-East of Ireland. Actually, my parents felt it. I slept right through it.

Answer 10

Yes I once made Pearse Street move or at least thats what I was told

Answer 11

Yes Ireland has earthquakes we are close to the mid Atlantic ridge but they can only be felt by accurate seismometers

Answer 12

According to earthquakedb, there were 2 earthquakes

One in 1118 and one in 1734

Answer 13

no.

Answer 14

yes when bertie dropped his wallet on the ground .

Answer 15

Yes I remember one around 1988.

Answer 16

no

Answer 17

Yes there was one off the coast of wicklow aq few years ago but very small, Ireland is virtually free of all natural disasters and dangerous animals(except shinners)

Answer 18

since all of the earths crust moves at one time or another, i would have to say yes.

Answer 19

im sure ireland has had its fair share of earthquakes

The whole of Ireland is practically free of earthquakes. This is clearly a real phenomenon and not a product of reporting - as Ware, as early as the 17th century, remarks in describing an earthquake (probably Welsh) felt in Dublin in 1534

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