[jdm]

Per protocol, please remove from 'breaking' if deemed appropriate. :O)

[Nitro]

Rosie O’donnell come for a visit?

[furquhart]

Tremor? When the hell was the last time there was an Earthquake in England?

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007bsal.php

Magnitude 4.7 - ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

2007 April 28 07:18:11 UTC
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Magnitude 4.7
Date-Time
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 07:18:11 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 8:18:11 AM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 51.024°N, 1.030°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Distances 25 km (15 miles) S of Canterbury, England, UK
85 km (55 miles) ENE of Brighton, England, UK
100 km (60 miles) ESE of LONDON, United Kingdom
150 km (95 miles) WNW of Lille, France
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst= 40, Nph= 40, Dmin=395 km, Rmss=0.95 sec, Gp= 86°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2007bsal
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U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

[Eragon]

Snugs? You ok over there???? Did this wake you up? Isn’t this somewhere near where you live?

[jedward]

“Per protocol, please remove from ‘breaking’ if deemed appropriate. :O)”

Well, it sounds like something broke over there for sure :)

[Henchster]

Speaking as a veteran ground surfer, (SoCal for the last 40 years) a 4.7 quake in England left a lot of people a few steps short of the loo.

[Miztiki]

End of the world ping

[Tulsa Ramjet]

Al Sadr let loose anothing one, and heard around the world. The @ss of Mass Destruction.

[brityank]

Here's the location and graph:

 

In the Channel -->

 

 

 

 

This seismograph shows the strength of the tremor -->

 

 

 

 

All our Brit FReeper Cousins OK?

[Lijahsbubbe]

ping

[Eye of Unk]

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.

[RightWhale]

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.

[GnL]

Causes (pick one):

a) President Bush

b) Religious conservatives

c) Global warming

[Atlantian]

Freeper snugs lives in Kent.