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Homes in Kent have been damaged by an earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6603169.stm

I was born & bred & live in Kent, the primary county of SE England where the Battle of Britain took place etc. Anyhoo apparently there was an earthquake on Saturday but I didn't feel anything. If I did feel a shudder at 820am I prolly thought it was one of the fat slags from the club the other day getting out of bed.

I know you yankee chaps get a few quakes, but I'm very surprised we got one here. I thought you had to be near a tectonic plate or something for that to happen? Like San Fransisco & Japan etc?

Heres some pix of the damage:

[img]http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/images/2007/04/29/mcneil_04_400x300.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/images/2007/04/28/sandra_250x300.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/images/2007/04/28/zen04_400x300.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/images/2007/04/28/tremor_203_203x152.jpg[/img]

As you can see the damage actually didn't count for a damn thing. I think people are just shocked kus the last time there was an earthquake in England the knights fell off their horses.