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Uk London e8 1ab · 2018-05-17 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive

A low hum in Uk London e8 1ab

Low hum. Sounds like it could be a fridge or some other technology or a neighbour's bathroom/kitchen fan but isn't anything that I can find. Hear it at night very loud but also recently one evening just sitting on my sofa. Very low sound and very ominous. It's a real sound I think

What they reported

First noticed: 2017

Pitch: About 170H? (Sine) approx

Loudest: During the night

Where: Indoors

Symptoms: Sense of vibration;Anxiety;Irritation

Changes with weather: Not really

What stood out: a low hum

 

Others who described something like this

2018-09-16

Non stop low frequency, plays music, not the same as tinnius sound as I am deaf person who cannot hear anything without hearing aids. Since the low humming appears few months ago it has been

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2018-12-01

Low pitch humming Some people describe it as a rumbling which I understand but I hear it as a humming noise that drones . It�s very low pitched and it�s has a noise that appears t

both described a low hum · 44 km away

2020-06-02

A low frequency machine noise, which has peaks and troughs of intensity as though two electric fans are coming into phase them exiting to antiphase, at intervals of 2-3 seconds. The sound a

both described a low hum · in the same place

2021-07-21

Faint, persistant drone. Like the hum of a neighbours fridge, a power station or an amp left on. But is none of these and has no discernable source. Same house: No hum 1997 to 2008. Not eve

both described a low hum · in the same place

2019-03-31

A low, continuous hum I first noticed the hum when I moved into my flat in 1999. It was extremely loud and intermittent - it would hum for a few seconds, stop for a few seconds, start again.

both described a low hum · 11 km away

2021-09-27

Humming sound, like a motor of some kind working loudly in the background Doctor told me I was anxious/stressed and the sound was coming from my head, specially because I could hear louder a

both described a low hum · 11 km away

2024-05-13

Persistent hum. Like the sound of the AC being on except different and very persistent. Hard to explain but I hear it extra loud in my bedroom - went in living room and it was not as noticea

the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details

2024-01-06

It's similar to the sound of my fridge when the motor cuts in, only a bit lower in frequency. I can also compare it to the distant, low sound of an engine running or a cement mixer on a dist

the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details

2020-11-11

It's a hum, a vibration, a low frequency sound. I hear it mostly at night, but also some days, it sounds cyclical, like peaks and valleys in the sound, like rolling, constant, annoying. I st

the accounts read alike, found by meaning rather than by shared details

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This is a Hum report from Dr Glen MacPherson's World Hum Map, an open, worldwide record of people who hear an unexplained low-frequency hum. Reproduced with permission and with thanks; the project is at thehum.info. We remove anything on request. Location shown is approximate.