Updated link to the story: 'Sonic boom' in Dorset blamed on 'fireball meteor'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-56475333

Mods please note - I had problems trying to "Quote" NMA's post in order to reply - funny layout - not the usual. You may want to check. I don't think it's me.

Roger

Yes it's an unusual never seen before layout Brian and Roger. But yes noise and rattling seems to have been extra-terrestrial.

Nick

There has just been a (provisional) magnitude 8.2 quake off the Alaskan peninsula.

And a tsunami warning to go with it!

Indeed. It is a big quake, although I think the fact it was not that shallow (33km depth), may help on the tsunami front

Analysis at https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ak0219neiszm/executive

Tsunami possibilities were much overstated

Not by the USGS/NOAA they weren’t. Their analysis was, as usual, spot on. Small tsunamis (up to 0.7ft I think) were observed, but aafter the initial very large quake was analysed no significant tsunamis were predicted.

Until that analysis takes place the risk must be stated especially with a quake of that magnitude.

The situation is likely to be worsened by the arrival of TS Grace in a couple of days' time, though current forecast is for Grace, which has a limited circulation, to dump most of its rain on the N side of Haiti, away from the earthquake-affected zone.

Unfortunately Grace diverged from this prediction and has been drenching the earthquake zone

Death toll 2000 and rising - Haiti does seem to attract natural disasters.

Some before-and-after pictures at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-58187979 

It's often useful to refer to this USGS Earthquake link:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Roger

Or this one: https://www.emsc-csem.org/

And a magnitude 6.4 a short while ago.

This site shows the location and magnitude of quakes.   Quite a few lately - but I don't know if this is within the normal range?

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/crete.html

You can zoom in on the map and see the exact point of each.  Quite a cluster in the centre of the island if you select '4+'

Yes, although I think some of those will be aftershocks from last month’s large quake. However  it does strike me as an anomalously high number of quakes. Having two that magnitude in a few weeks seems quite unusual but may be nothing more than coincidence (for want of a more scientific term!).

Something just happened in North Yorkshire, it was quite loud here at 15:48 - I thought it was a sonic boom except it was a low frequency yet sharp boom then rumbled on for several seconds.
I didn't feel serious shaking like previous quake in early 2000s but things did vibrate.

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/6497624/quake-felt-Nov-17-2021-Near-York-England-England-United-Kingdom.html

I thought sonic boom TBH but something happened.

Perhaps unsurprisingly I witnessed the same, just as you describe. It was fascinating to see every pheasant in the dale take off at the same time.