EARTHQUAKE HITS WHERE I LIVE, KENT!

[indian8132]

Hello everyone

I live in South East Kent, in a small town called Folkestone. This morning, at 8:15am, I woke up because an earthquake hit! I jumped out of bed, got dressed and ran down the street cause I was so scared. I have never been in an earthquake before!! It measured 4.7 on the Richter Scale, and my fish tank fell over and electric was off for few hours. There was also a gas leak. Check Sky News, you will see LIVE IMAGES of our town, including MY HOUSE ! My chimmeny fell down aswell, I saw that on TV. Anyone ever been in an earthquake? I was so scared, I heard mum shouting "SEAN GET UP ITS AN EARTHQUAKE!!"

UPDATE - Looked on news, and I see my friend from school waving at camera!! OMG wow its the road I am in!!

Btw, it says living in London on my profile, but I move recently from London.

Edit - Must go now earthquake due in 10 minuites we getting evacuated CHECK NEWS IF U DONT BELIEVE!!!!!
Thanks!

[Scott™]

Erm someoen just PM'd me the EXACT Same on habbo but wasnt you. >_>

[indian8132]

yes it was me i am Undervalued on habbo!!!

[Ashhizzle]

O dea. Unlucky mate

Earthquake shakes parts of Kent

The earthquake damaged several homes in Folkestone

An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 4.3 has shaken parts of Kent, damaging buildings and disrupting electricity supplies.
Emergency services have received reports of structural damage including cracked walls and fallen chimneys in Folkestone and nearby areas.
The British Geological Survey said the tremor, which occurred at 0818 BST, had its epicentre out in the Dover Straits.
It said it was the largest quake in the UK since the one in Dudley in 2002.
The earthquake was reportedly felt as far afield as Essex, East Sussex and Suffolk.

All our street shook...the seagulls went crazy


Karol Steele



Witnesses' accounts


EDF Energy said it had managed to restore electricity to most of the several thousand homes left without power in the Folkestone and Dover area.
Scottish and Southern Energy, which supplies gas to the area, said it was investigating 300 "possible gas escapes".
"Obviously there is a smell about and people have been reporting it and we have to attend every single report," a spokesman said.

"But at the moment we are not sure if it is natural gas brought up by the earthquake, which can happen, or leaks from pipes."
Significant tremor
David Booth of the British Geological Survey said the tremor, which lasted a few seconds, was of a sizeable magnitude.
"It's certainly the largest in the UK since an earthquake in Dudley in the West Midlands in 2002 and that also caused damage. So this is a very significant tremor."


Dr Brian Baptie, also of the British Geological Survey, told BBC News 24 that the epicentre was seven miles (12km) south of Dover, out in the English Channel.

Randy Baldwin from the US Geological Survey, which monitors earthquakes, said the tremor had a preliminary magnitude of 4.7.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service said it had received more than a 100 emergency calls and was having to deal with "several incidents".

Most of these were reports of structural damage, but a fire engine had also been sent to Folkestone to investigate a "smell of gas".
A Eurostar spokesman said everything was running normally in the Channel Tunnel.
Violent shaking
Sharon Hayles, from Stanford near the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone, said her house slid from side to side for about 10 to 15 seconds.
Another Folkestone man told BBC Five Live Breakfast that his whole house "shook quite violently".
QUAKES IN THE UK
December 2006 - Dumfries and Galloway (3.5 on Richter scale)
September 2002 - Dudley, West Midlands (5.0)
October 2001 - Melton Mowbray (4.1)
September 2000 - Warwick (4.2)
April 1990 - Bishop's Castle, Shropshire (5.1)
July 1984 - Nefyn, north Wales (5.4)
June 1931 - in North Sea near Great Yarmouth (6.1)


Eyewitness Lorraine Muir said: "We've been evacuated by the Sally Army; we've got no gas or electricity."
Paul Smye-Rumsby, who lives in Dover, said: "It was about 08.15 when suddenly the bed shook violently.
"I thought my wife had got cramp or something but then I saw the curtains were moving and the whole house was shaking. It lasted about 1.5 seconds. "All the power is off and we have got the portable radio on. People are standing outside talking to each other about it."

[indian8132]

O dea. Unlucky mate

Scary..

[Scott™]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...263216,00.html

Maybe he wasnt lieing then.

[Ashhizzle]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...263216,00.html

Maybe he wasnt lieing then.

I thought he was, because we're near centre of the tectonic plate.

[indian8132]

thank you, someone believes me
im so scared at first they said an explosion is ashford caused it, ashford - channel tunnell - maybe terrorists, but dat was ruled out and now it earthquke

apparently years ago, when channel tunnel were built, scientists said that may cause earthquakes in folkestone

[Ashhizzle]

thank you, someone believes me
im so scared at first they said an explosion is ashford caused it, ashford - channel tunnell - maybe terrorists, but dat was ruled out and now it earthquke

apparently years ago, when channel tunnel were built, scientists said that may cause earthquakes in folkestone

:S I doubt chanel tunnel was the cause, because thats fine

[indian8132]

yea but some people thought the Dungeness Power Station exploded, its a nuclear station, so we also thought a nuclear explosion happened. but that was also ruled out