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Geek Culture / Earthquake in Kent (UK)?!

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Nicholas Thompson
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Posted: 28th Apr 2007 13:28
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6602677.stm

Well this is just weird - I slept through it! Admittedly I live on the other side of Kent, but supposedly people in Essex and Suffolk heard it too!

I didn't know there were any fault lines that were "earthquake capable" near the South East of the UK...

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Benjamin
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Posted: 28th Apr 2007 13:33
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Quote: "I didn't know there were any fault lines that were "earthquake capable" near the South East of the UK..."

Yep, some time ago my gramps helped fix the base of a church that was damaged by an earthquake a few centuries ago, I think the fault line runs near it.

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El Goorf
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Posted: 28th Apr 2007 13:33
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the one near birmingham a few yrs ago was apprently felt by some in germany, i slept straight through that one, even though when i got up the next morning i found all the wheely bins outside my bedroom window had toppled over

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 28th Apr 2007 14:45
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Blimey, hope no one got hurt, judging from all of the gas leaks, I hope none of them are in the retirement hope where my Nan is, she can barely walk.

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Posted: 28th Apr 2007 15:05 Edited at: 28th Apr 2007 15:10
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There was one around Nottingham about 5 years ago now i guess. It was a bit underwhelming, it felt like a really heavy truck going past, although i heard that it knocked a few plates off people's walls closer to the epicentre. Looks like that one was a bit more destructive.

now the inevitable joke; An earthquake destroyed hundreds of homes in Kent this morning; Experts say the damage could run into tens of pounds!

EDIT: looking at the article, I guess it was the Melton Mowbray one I felt

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Tom J
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Posted: 28th Apr 2007 15:07 Edited at: 28th Apr 2007 15:16
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Quote: "but supposedly people in Essex and Suffolk heard it too!"


I didn't but I heard about it on the news, how serious was it?

edit: Maybe I slept through it too

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Posted: 28th Apr 2007 17:48
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I just saw that on the news. 4.7 on the richter scale, surprised you could sleep through that.

Then again, I've slept through a thunderstorm or two.

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Posted: 28th Apr 2007 18:13
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Quite odd, my uncle said he didn't hear/feel it, and he was down in Dover for bird watching, right in the epicenter. Guess a lot of people slept through it.

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