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Earth Tremor Shakes Southern England
Sky News 9:03AM Local [U.K.] Time, Saturday ^
| April 28, 2007
Posted on 04/28/2007 1:21:00 AM PDT by jdm
Earth tremors have been felt in southern England, shaking parts of Kent.
Kent Fire Brigade said there had been an explosion in Folkestone, but the tremors have been felt across a wide area, suggesting that is unlikely.
![Tremor centred on Folkestone](http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1529016.jpg)
Tremor centred on Folkestone
Many homes have sustained damage, with reports of cracks in buildings and chimneys falling down, while power and phone supplies have been lost in a number of towns.
More to follow...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: england; tremor; uk
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To: jdm
Al Sadr let loose anothing one, and heard around the world. The @ss of Mass Destruction.
21
posted on
04/28/2007 3:19:36 AM PDT
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
To: jdm
This is a shallow focus earthquake. I think that they tend to be small ones and can happen most anyplace.
22
posted on
04/28/2007 3:45:12 AM PDT
by
Citizen Tom Paine
(Swift as the wind; Calmly majestic as a forest; Steady as the mountains.)
To: Cindy; jdm
False report..it wasn’t an earthquake. Just that all the Muslims in England hit their prayer rugs at exactly the same second.
23
posted on
04/28/2007 3:48:09 AM PDT
by
ken5050
To: RS
24
posted on
04/28/2007 3:48:46 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Gondring
Muslim’s???
It’s BUSHES (pbuh)fault!!!
25
posted on
04/28/2007 4:19:09 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: jdm
Whew!!!
Did the earth shake for YOU?
26
posted on
04/28/2007 4:20:19 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: furquhart
Tremor? When the hell was the last time there was an Earthquake in England?
HMMmmm...
NIV Hebrews 12:25-26
25. See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
26. At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens."
NIV Revelation 11:13
At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
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posted on
04/28/2007 4:26:10 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
NIV Matthew 24:4-8
4. Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you.
5. For many will come in my name, claiming, `I am the Christ, ' and will deceive many.
6. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.
7. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
8. All these are the beginning of birth pains.
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posted on
04/28/2007 4:34:41 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: furquhart
Tremor? When the hell was the last time there was an Earthquake in England?
While rare on a human timescale, damaging earthquakes in England are not unknown - there's a general ancient trend of crustal weakness extending NW from the Alps through Europe - there were a couple quite powerful quakes in Belgium and Holland in 1983 and 1992, with serious damage in the millions of dollars.
Per Wikipedia, fairly near to todays quake was the 1884 Colchester quake that seems to have been of similar magnitude to todays, and also near the 1580 Dover Straits quake which is apparently referenced in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
I see the apocalyptikooks are already posting Bible verse. Sigh.
To: jdm
Here's the location and graph:
![](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42859000/gif/_42859329_kent_quake_203.gif)
In the Channel -->
![](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/04/28/nkent.jpg)
This seismograph shows the strength of the tremor -->
All our Brit FReeper Cousins OK?
30
posted on
04/28/2007 6:12:07 AM PDT
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
To: jedward; jdm
It’s not breakng news, it’s SHAKING news...
31
posted on
04/28/2007 6:57:03 AM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(Innocent until proven guilty: The Pendleton 8...down to 3..GWB, we hardly knew ye...)
To: brityank
32
posted on
04/28/2007 7:04:34 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: jdm
Four point sevens. Us San Franciscans eat those for breakfast.
33
posted on
04/28/2007 7:06:42 AM PDT
by
Ieatfrijoles
(Incinerate Riyadh Now.(Request shot splash))
Comment #34 Removed by Moderator
To: Joseph Vissarionovich
Did anyone see Ethan Hunt enter the Chunnel recently? Perhaps in the company of a helicopter?
HF
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posted on
04/28/2007 7:48:53 AM PDT
by
holden
To: bd476
36
posted on
04/28/2007 8:06:07 AM PDT
by
Lijahsbubbe
(Ah don't feeeeel no ways taihrd.)
To: Gondring; Joseph Vissarionovich; KayEyeDoubleDee
Hows the Chunnel? Chunnel is OK, no leaks according to the Beeb and Sky.
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posted on
04/28/2007 8:06:57 AM PDT
by
brityank
(The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
To: jdm
My first thought that came to mind was a nuclear device being detonated in the chunnel. And I have absolutely no doubt this is probably the exact thing AQ wants to do.
To: jdm
Barely made the USGS world earthquake map. Still, a volcano could be emerging on the Thames—early sign. Probably isostatic rebound from the Ice Age.
39
posted on
04/28/2007 8:10:41 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(3 May '07 3:14 PM)
To: jdm
Causes (pick one):
a) President Bush
b) Religious conservatives
c) Global warming
40
posted on
04/28/2007 8:14:12 AM PDT
by
GnL
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