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Miss, could we ever get an earthquake in Kent
?Student question

• No, no, its very unlikely and if we did it would
  be so minor we wouldn't know it had happened ?
• Geography teachers answer

The student asked the question last Friday in a
school in Kent
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Saturday Morning 8.19am
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How were the effects described ?

• I thought a train was going past, and all of a
  sudden the tiles started falling off. I slipped
  and was holding on to the scaffolding on the edge
  of the roof with my legs dangling over the edge.
• I thought an aeroplane was going over, then I
  fell down the stairs

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How were the effects described ?

• It wasnt like the War of the Worlds, but it was
  scary
• Im 9 months pregnant and I thought I might go
  into labour ! I woke up and the pictures were
  rattling on the walls and two fell off. The TV
  was bouncing across the table

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How were the effects described ?

• Quakey Wakey headline in News of the World
• I was having breakfast with my wife and two
  young children. Mugs fell off the kitchen shelves
  and the children started crying

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SEISMOGRAPH
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Factfile

• Date 28th April 2007
• Time 8.19 am
• Epicentre 7.5 miles off Folkestone in the Dover
  Straits
• Magnitude 4.3 on Richter Scale
• Cause movement along a fault line which runs
  through the English Channel
• Last major earthquake in the UK Dudley, W.
  Midlands, 2002 (felt by my mother in law!)

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The power has just come back on, and you are
going to write an e-mail to a friend to let them
know you are safe !!
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EFFECTS

• Properties suffered structural damage such as
  cracked walls
• Chimney stacks and roof tiles fell into the
  street
• People were evacuated from houses some went to
  the nearby pub
• Streets were closed for safety reasons
• Gas supplies were cut off and over 600 leaks
  reported
• Power supplies were cut off
• Telephone services were cut off
• Many 999 calls were made
• Only 1 person was hospitalised, with a head
  injury
• The Channel Tunnel was designed to cope with
  earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 on Richter Scale
• There were long queues at burger vans as people
  couldnt cook at home or make a cup of tea

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Source The Independent on Sunday, BBC
NewsApologies to Oceana