Earthquake hits England, shaking houses and waking residents
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Funny. He's so detached-from-reality gung-ho for Britain, he can't admit the obvious truth that Canada has more land area.
Seems Canada's tiny island of Baffin Island is bigger than your tiny Island.. 8O
SK lakes alone are half of England.
3 in the top 10.
It's only 1400 times bigger than my farm.
A very British earthquake....
Kent earthquake: Britain's biggest in seven years (but the earth might not have moved for you)
After 4.2 magnitude quake off coast fails to cause injuries or structural damage, tremor that shakes Garden of England becomes ripe for ridicule
A seismicity map of the epicentre of the earthquake measuring magnitude 4.2 which hit Kent overnight. It was the UK's biggest earthquake since the Lincolnshire earthquake of 27 February 2008 which was felt throughout almost the whole of England and Wales and even as far west as Bangor in Nothern Ireland Photo: British Geological Survey/PA
By Danny Boyle
22 May 2015
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It was the biggest earthquake to hit Britain in seven years, but even people living near the epicentre would have been forgiven for not feeling the earth move.
A quake measuring a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale shook windows and caused walls to creak when it struck in Kent in the early hours of Friday.
Locals reported books being shaken from shelves and described the earthquake as feeling like a vehicle had been driven into their property amid tremors that lasted around 10 seconds.
But with both police and the fire brigade reporting there had been no reports of injuries or structural damage, the tremor that shook the Garden of England was ripe for ridicule.
Social media users were quick to make light of the quake, jokingly posting "devastating scenes" of overturned wheelie bins and garden furniture that had fallen over.
Uploading images of "chaos" underneath tongue-in-cheek text such as "we will rebuild", residents showed that the great British sense of humour was in no short supply despite the "disaster".
Kent Police was inundated with hundreds of calls about the earthquake, which seismologists recorded one-and-a-half miles off the East Kent coast, near Ramsgate, at 2.52am.
More than 800 "felt reports" were received by the British Geological Survey (BGS), mainly from residents in Ramsgate, Margate and elsewhere across Kent.
But the BGS said reports of the earthquake were also received from as far afield as Norwich, North Walsham and Cromer in East Anglia. One man said he believed he felt the tremors across the Channel in Normandy.
One resident told how they thought their hotel door was being kicked in, another described their house creaking, while a third said the tremor sounded like a "heavy object rolling over the roof of the house".
British Geological Survey map showing where the earthquake was felt
Susan Fry, who lives in Ramsgate near the epicentre, said she felt a "strange rumbling sound".
"We were woken up by the house shaking for about 10 seconds," she told the Telegraph. "We instantly knew it was an earthquake.
There was a strange rumbling sound. The vibrations felt like being on cruise ship when it comes onto port sideways."
Barry Hunt said he was woken by a "short graunching shudder" in Faversham, about 25 miles inland from the quake. "It felt like someone had slammed a sticking door very hard," he added.
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Live scenes in Kent after they had a catastrophic earthquake!
8:47 AM - 22 May 2015
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IAMEatonsMess x @Britishchickx
No matter how much inconvenience the #KentEarthquake has caused....us kentonians will troop on x
6:25 AM - 22 May 2015
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Matt Eyre @MattEyre1
Apparently #Kent had an #earthquake last night. Seen some devastating scenes online.
8:17 AM - 22 May 2015
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The C86 Show @TheC86Show
Devastating #earthquake hits Kent
8:16 AM - 22 May 2015
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Reports are coming in of an #earthquake in #Kent last night.
8:15 AM - 22 May 2015
Kent earthquake: Britain's biggest in seven years (but the earth might not have moved for you) - Telegraph
Kent earthquake: Britain's biggest in seven years (but the earth might not have moved for you)
After 4.2 magnitude quake off coast fails to cause injuries or structural damage, tremor that shakes Garden of England becomes ripe for ridicule
A seismicity map of the epicentre of the earthquake measuring magnitude 4.2 which hit Kent overnight. It was the UK's biggest earthquake since the Lincolnshire earthquake of 27 February 2008 which was felt throughout almost the whole of England and Wales and even as far west as Bangor in Nothern Ireland Photo: British Geological Survey/PA
By Danny Boyle
22 May 2015
It was the biggest earthquake to hit Britain in seven years, but even people living near the epicentre would have been forgiven for not feeling the earth move.
A quake measuring a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale shook windows and caused walls to creak when it struck in Kent in the early hours of Friday.
Locals reported books being shaken from shelves and described the earthquake as feeling like a vehicle had been driven into their property amid tremors that lasted around 10 seconds.
But with both police and the fire brigade reporting there had been no reports of injuries or structural damage, the tremor that shook the Garden of England was ripe for ridicule.
Social media users were quick to make light of the quake, jokingly posting "devastating scenes" of overturned wheelie bins and garden furniture that had fallen over.
Uploading images of "chaos" underneath tongue-in-cheek text such as "we will rebuild", residents showed that the great British sense of humour was in no short supply despite the "disaster".
Kent Police was inundated with hundreds of calls about the earthquake, which seismologists recorded one-and-a-half miles off the East Kent coast, near Ramsgate, at 2.52am.
More than 800 "felt reports" were received by the British Geological Survey (BGS), mainly from residents in Ramsgate, Margate and elsewhere across Kent.
But the BGS said reports of the earthquake were also received from as far afield as Norwich, North Walsham and Cromer in East Anglia. One man said he believed he felt the tremors across the Channel in Normandy.
One resident told how they thought their hotel door was being kicked in, another described their house creaking, while a third said the tremor sounded like a "heavy object rolling over the roof of the house".
British Geological Survey map showing where the earthquake was felt
Susan Fry, who lives in Ramsgate near the epicentre, said she felt a "strange rumbling sound".
"We were woken up by the house shaking for about 10 seconds," she told the Telegraph. "We instantly knew it was an earthquake.
There was a strange rumbling sound. The vibrations felt like being on cruise ship when it comes onto port sideways."
Barry Hunt said he was woken by a "short graunching shudder" in Faversham, about 25 miles inland from the quake. "It felt like someone had slammed a sticking door very hard," he added.
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Dean Martin @Dean_Martin5 Live scenes in Kent after they had a catastrophic earthquake!
8:47 AM - 22 May 2015
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IAMEatonsMess x @Britishchickx No matter how much inconvenience the #KentEarthquake has caused....us kentonians will troop on x
6:25 AM - 22 May 2015
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Matt Eyre @MattEyre1 Apparently #Kent had an #earthquake last night. Seen some devastating scenes online.
8:17 AM - 22 May 2015
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The C86 Show @TheC86Show Devastating #earthquake hits Kent
8:16 AM - 22 May 2015
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Trevange @trevange Reports are coming in of an #earthquake in #Kent last night.
8:15 AM - 22 May 2015
Kent earthquake: Britain's biggest in seven years (but the earth might not have moved for you) - Telegraph
Baffin Island is the FIFTH BIGGEST island in the world and Great Britain is the EIGHTH biggest island in the world and the biggest in Europe.
Greatest city in the world, where everyone wants to live.
We're not in Africa, are we?
If London and New York City were characters in a famous fairytale and pantomime, London would be Cinderella and New York City would be one of her ugly sisters.
As for London, she is the greatest city on Earth and has been for nearly 300 years. She is the world capital where the world wants to live.
Sorry sunshine......
You didn't make the telegraphs top 10
The world's 10 best cities to live in - Telegraph
You didn't make the telegraphs top 10
The world's 10 best cities to live in - Telegraph
I would consider Vancouver as the Greatest City in the world .. but that's just me..
London is just the Mecca of Europe.