UK, London · 2021-07-09 · from the WORLDHUMMAP archive
A low hum in UK, London
Like a generator or roadwork machinery idling at the end of the street Earplugs make no difference. The question about being right or left handed is interesting as I had severe wrist pain around the time the Hum appeared and I decided to learn to write with my non-dominant hand, which I have continued to practice regularly.
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…
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 ever…
A booming sort of tone, manifesting at various volumes, usually pulsing. At its loudest and most continuous, it resembles a car engine running with the choke out. To clarify an earlier answe…
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.…
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 …
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 ap…
both described a low hum · 13 km away
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