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Emergency services assess tremor damage
LONDON (Reuters) - Emergency services were dealing on Sunday with the aftermath of a small earthquake in Kent that brought down power lines and caused structural damage.
Kent Fire Brigade deployed firefighters in Folkestone -- the area worst hit by the tremor -- to assess how bad the damage was in Saturday morning's tremor.
"People need to be aware of the risk of the falling masonry and roof tiles," said Kent Police.
A 30-year-old woman suffered a minor head and neck injury during the earthquake though there were no reports of serious injuries.
"We can be genuinely thankful so few people were injured," said Chief Superintendent Alasdair Hope.
Kent Fire Brigade received more than 400 calls following the tremor while several families spent the night in emergency accommodation.
Experts gave differing estimates of the earthquake's strength with the U.S. Geological Survey measuring the tremor's magnitude at 4.7 on the Richter scale while the British Geological Survey put it at 4.3.
"It's similar to ones in 1950 and 1776," said Dr Roger Musson of the British Geological Survey (BGS). "We're quite fortunate that it's as small as it is."
The earthquake brought down power lines with several thousand homes affected, but EDF Energy Networks said service were quickly restored in the Folkestone and Dover areas. Continued...
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A very British response as earthquake strikes Kent
People emerge largely unscathed after tremor measuring 4.3 on Richter scale - and head for the pub to watch football
By Sophie Goodchild and Richard Osley
Published: 29 April 2007
As chimneys fell from roofs, windows rattled and buildings shook, the confused residents of Kent stumbled out of bed early yesterday morning to learn that an earthquake had struck.
In scenes more reminiscent of Los Angeles than the Garden of England, locals listened anxiously to news bulletins and warnings of a possibility of a further aftershock.
Emergency crews raced to calls from Folkestone and other towns near the epicentre of the Kent quake, identified as 7.5 miles off the Dover coast.
Seismologists at the British Geological Survey said it registered 4.3 on the Richter scale, making it the fourth-largest in the history of UK tremors. The last big rumble was in Dudley in the West Midlands in 2002 and that scored 4.8.
For the residents of Folkestone, the tremor that shook them prematurely from their beds at 8.18am came as an unwelcome shock. Some thought a bomb had exploded as they awoke to shaking picture frames, rattling windows and falling tiles. Kent Fire and Rescue Service said it had received more than a 100 emergency calls and was dealing with "several incidents".
Emergency services reported that one person, a woman in her 30s, had been admitted to hospital with a head injury. Several others were bruised.
The tremor lasted seconds, but caused structural damage to properties, including cracked walls.
Police cordoned off roads amid fears that dislodged chimney pots and masonry could tumble down on residents. Safety checks showed the Channel Tunnel was unaffected. It was designed to withstand quakes measuring 7 on the Richter scale.
People may not have been badly hurt, but there were scenes of mayhem.
Bill Knightly was coming out of his bathroom when the shaking began. He tumbled down the stairs but was unhurt. At first, the 68-year-old believed the tremor was an aeroplane passing overhead. But then the house started to shake.
"As I was going down the stairs the shakes got stronger and I fell on my back," he said. "It was quite a shock. You don't expect earthquakes in this part of the world. But I'm OK."
Builder Alex Adams was actually on working on the roof of a house in Folkestone when the quake struck. The 23-year-old said: "I thought a train was going past and all of a sudden the tiles we had just laid starting falling off. As it got stronger I slipped and I was holding on to the scaffolding on the edge of the roof, with my legs dangling off the edge. I managed to pull myself back up after it stopped. I was sent straight back to work."
Hundreds of residents were also left without power for several hours as a result of the quake, the effects of which were felt in Folkestone and Dover, as well as parts of Essex and Suffolk.
Anxious callers started bombarding the local electricity board helpline at 8.21am when they discovered there was no electricity to make a calming cup of tea.
Eryn Evans, who is nine months pregnant, feared that the quake might bring on a premature labour.
The 26-year-old said: "I woke up thinking there had been an explosion, I sat bolt upright. The picture frames were rattling on the walls and two fell off. The window frames were rattling and I thought they were going to cave in.
"The TV was bouncing across the table. I was worried I would go into labour. It wasn't like War of the Worlds or anything, but it was pretty scary."
By yesterday afternoon, any fears had been forgotten and instead neighbours swapped anecdotes about how loud the bang had been and what ornaments they had lost.
Many of those temporarily evacuated found their way to the Black Bull pub in Canterbury Road.
One of them was Ray Lees. "I went in the garden and there were some bricks, I'm not sure where from, he said.
"It's something different for a Saturday," he said before turning back to watch the Everton and Manchester United match on the big TV screen.
Sizing up the Garden of England's earthquake
Yesterday's quake measured 4.3 on the Richter scale. According to the scale, the tremor was considered "light". A 4.3 quake would normally involve noticeable shaking of indoor items and rattling noises. There are normally around 6,200 of these kinds of earthquakes around the world each year. An exploding hand grenade produces a tremor equivalent to about 0.5 on the scale. By contrast, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which led to a tsunami that killed thousands, measured 9.3. The scale, which quantifies the amount of energy released by an earthquake, is named after its inventor, Charles Richter, who developed it in California in 1935.
As chimneys fell from roofs, windows rattled and buildings shook, the confused residents of Kent stumbled out of bed early yesterday morning to learn that an earthquake had struck.
In scenes more reminiscent of Los Angeles than the Garden of England, locals listened anxiously to news bulletins and warnings of a possibility of a further aftershock.
Emergency crews raced to calls from Folkestone and other towns near the epicentre of the Kent quake, identified as 7.5 miles off the Dover coast.
Seismologists at the British Geological Survey said it registered 4.3 on the Richter scale, making it the fourth-largest in the history of UK tremors. The last big rumble was in Dudley in the West Midlands in 2002 and that scored 4.8.
For the residents of Folkestone, the tremor that shook them prematurely from their beds at 8.18am came as an unwelcome shock. Some thought a bomb had exploded as they awoke to shaking picture frames, rattling windows and falling tiles. Kent Fire and Rescue Service said it had received more than a 100 emergency calls and was dealing with "several incidents".
Emergency services reported that one person, a woman in her 30s, had been admitted to hospital with a head injury. Several others were bruised.
The tremor lasted seconds, but caused structural damage to properties, including cracked walls.
Police cordoned off roads amid fears that dislodged chimney pots and masonry could tumble down on residents. Safety checks showed the Channel Tunnel was unaffected. It was designed to withstand quakes measuring 7 on the Richter scale.
People may not have been badly hurt, but there were scenes of mayhem.
Bill Knightly was coming out of his bathroom when the shaking began. He tumbled down the stairs but was unhurt. At first, the 68-year-old believed the tremor was an aeroplane passing overhead. But then the house started to shake.
"As I was going down the stairs the shakes got stronger and I fell on my back," he said. "It was quite a shock. You don't expect earthquakes in this part of the world. But I'm OK."
Builder Alex Adams was actually on working on the roof of a house in Folkestone when the quake struck. The 23-year-old said: "I thought a train was going past and all of a sudden the tiles we had just laid starting falling off. As it got stronger I slipped and I was holding on to the scaffolding on the edge of the roof, with my legs dangling off the edge. I managed to pull myself back up after it stopped. I was sent straight back to work."
Hundreds of residents were also left without power for several hours as a result of the quake, the effects of which were felt in Folkestone and Dover, as well as parts of Essex and Suffolk.
Anxious callers started bombarding the local electricity board helpline at 8.21am when they discovered there was no electricity to make a calming cup of tea.
Eryn Evans, who is nine months pregnant, feared that the quake might bring on a premature labour.
The 26-year-old said: "I woke up thinking there had been an explosion, I sat bolt upright. The picture frames were rattling on the walls and two fell off. The window frames were rattling and I thought they were going to cave in.
"The TV was bouncing across the table. I was worried I would go into labour. It wasn't like War of the Worlds or anything, but it was pretty scary."
By yesterday afternoon, any fears had been forgotten and instead neighbours swapped anecdotes about how loud the bang had been and what ornaments they had lost.
Many of those temporarily evacuated found their way to the Black Bull pub in Canterbury Road.
One of them was Ray Lees. "I went in the garden and there were some bricks, I'm not sure where from, he said.
"It's something different for a Saturday," he said before turning back to watch the Everton and Manchester United match on the big TV screen.
Sizing up the Garden of England's earthquake
Yesterday's quake measured 4.3 on the Richter scale. According to the scale, the tremor was considered "light". A 4.3 quake would normally involve noticeable shaking of indoor items and rattling noises. There are normally around 6,200 of these kinds of earthquakes around the world each year. An exploding hand grenade produces a tremor equivalent to about 0.5 on the scale. By contrast, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which led to a tsunami that killed thousands, measured 9.3. The scale, which quantifies the amount of energy released by an earthquake, is named after its inventor, Charles Richter, who developed it in California in 1935.
Фотообзор: На юге Великобритании произошло землетрясение
Дата: 29-04-2007
Материал подготовила Маргарита Разумовская. Великая Эпоха
Великая Эпоха (Epoch Times International) - международный информационный проект: www.epochtimes.ru
В субботу утром на юге Великобритании произошло небольшое землетрясение, в результате которого отмечено повреждение домов, падение труб с крыш и другой видимый ущерб.
Как передает британский телеканал Скай Ньюз со ссылкой на свидетельства очевидцев, около 8.15 по британскому летнему времени (11.15 мск) в различных районах графства Кент на юго-востоке Англии ощущались колебания земной поверхности.
Среди местного населения землетрясение вызвало обеспокоенность, так как это редкое явление для Великобритании. Многие приняли подземные толчки за взрывную волну.
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Кирпичи,которые упали с крыш домов в результате подземных толчков.Фото: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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На юге Великобритании произошло небольшое землетрясение, в результате которого отмечено повреждение домов, падение труб с крыш и другой видимый ущерб. Фото: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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Обеспокоенные жители вышли на улицы из домов. Фото: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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Среди местного населения землетрясение вызвало обеспокоенность, так как это редкое явление для Великобритании. Многие приняли подземные толчки за взрывную волну.Фото: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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Во время землетрясения полицейские момогают пожилой женщине покинуть дом. Фото: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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Автомобиль,поврежденный во время землетрясения подающими кирпичами. Фото: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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Kent counts cost of quake
LONDON: Southeast England was hit by a small earthquake yesterday that brought down power lines and caused structural damage.
Kent Police worked with emergency services in the coastal town of Folkestone - the area worst hit by the tremor - to handle more than 200 emergency calls.
Firemen, some using specialist equipment, were deployed.
A 30-year-old woman suffered a minor head and neck injury. There were no reports of serious injuries.
Experts gave differing estimates of the earthquake's strength with the US Geological Survey measuring the tremor's magnitude at 4.7 on the Richter scale while the British Geological Survey put it at 4.3.
The quake brought down power lines with several thousand homes affected, but services were quickly restored in the Folkestone and Dover areas.
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Великая Эпоха (Epoch Times International) - международный информационный проект: www.epochtimes.ru
В субботу утром на юге Великобритании произошло небольшое землетрясение, в результате которого отмечено повреждение домов, падение труб с крыш и другой видимый ущерб. Как передает британский телеканал Скай Ньюз со ссылкой на свидетельства очевидцев, около 8.15 по британскому летнему времени (11.15 мск) в различных районах графства Кент на юго-востоке Англии ощущались колебания земной поверхности. Среди местного населения землетрясение вызвало обеспокоенность, так как это редкое явление для Великобритании. Многие приняли подземные толчки за взрывную волну.
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Update... Earthquake - Folkestone - Kent - UK
by Team Mole | April 28, 2007 at 04:41 am | 604 views | 4 comments
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Building safety teams have now moved in to assess repair, demolition and re-build requirements for buildings and property affected by the Kent UK earthquake.
Many home owners have been forced to vacate their properties and Salvation Army and Church organisations have been providing temporary accomodation for those affected.
Team Mole reporters started to get calls from residents across a wide area of Kent in England from shortly after 8.15am Saturday morning, 28th April, as the quake was happening.
The quake has caused widespread power failures, damage to chimneys and large cracks in building walls.
The initial quake measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale was timed at 8.15am, followed a short time later by an after shock
Television stations started to get emails and telephone calls from many residents who started to fear that the Nuclear Power Station at Dungeness could have exploded but it was quickly confirmed that the shock was a severe earthquake.
Other callers have been concerned about the safety of the Channel Tunnel from Folkestone through to France...
A website for the US Geological Survey, which monitors earthquakes, said the tremor had a magnitude of 4.7.
The British Geological Survey said the tremor, which occurred at 0819 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.Kent Fire and Rescue Service said it has dispatched fire engines in the Folkestone and Dover area, taking more than a 100 emergency calls,
ranging from issues concerning structural damage to gas smells. A
spokesman said: "We have had calls from people saying their chimneys
have fallen down, large cracks in people's houses."
The fire brigade also investigated reports of someone trapped under a collapsed building but everyone was accounted for.
Electricity and gas supplies to houses in some parts of Kent werecut off. Scottish and Southern Energy, which supplies gas to the area,
was investigating 300 "possible gas escapes" in the system.
Homes were evacuated, power was cut and one woman needed hospital treatment when the quake hit the area.The emergency services were inundated with calls as the ground shook
and buildings were damaged..
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) reassured householders
that damage will be covered. The ABI's Nick Starling said: "These
sudden, unexpected, and unwanted events are exactly what insurance is
designed to cover."
EDF Energy, which supplies electricity to people in the Dover and
Folkestone area, said several thousand customers lost power, but it was
later restored.
Police said there were no reports of serious injuries. But South
East Coast Ambulance Service said one woman in her 30s suffering from a
minor head injury and neck pain was taken to hospital. It sent five
ambulances and three officers to the Folkestone area.
The quake is the largest in Britain since an earthquake in Dudley in
2002. British Geological Survey seismologist Roger Musson said the
tremor was around 4.3 on the Richter scale, with an epicentre 7.5 miles
off the Dover coast. That meant it could be weakly perceptible as far
as London.
The epicentre of the tremor was located 15 miles (25km) south of Canterbury, according to the US Geological Survey.
The depth of the epicentre was registered at 4.4 miles (7.1km).
There have also been reports that the electricity supply is out and also that telephones are not working.
Sharon Hayles, from Stanford near the Eurotunnel
terminal at Folkestone, said her house slid from side to side for about
10 to 15 seconds.
Kent Online: Eyewitness accounts
Latest...
Huge cliff crack opens at Hampshire beauty spot near a New Forest village causing fears of a major landslide.
Questions were raised about whether the crack at Barton-on-Sea, in Hampshire, had been caused by the Kent earthquake.
A row of beach huts below the cliff face had to be evacuated after the crack appeared on Saturday morning.
Expensive beach huts
It is feared the crack, which was estimated to be about 300 metres (984ft) in length by the MCA, could cause a major landslide.
An MCA spokeswoman said: "We do not know if it is linked to the earthquake but it is too coincidental to ignore.
"If the crack does get any bigger it could lead to quite
a large landslide and there are lots of very expensive beach huts
below."
Magnitude Rating of Previous Quakes in the UK:
December 2006 - Dumfries and Galloway (magnitude 3.5)
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)
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Saturday Morning 8:18am The Kent Earthquake Hits. the largest earthquake to hit the UK in 5 years. With some houses condemmed
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An earthquake hits Kent in south east England today. Total devastation, state emergency declared. A couple of milk bottles smashed and a few roof tiles ...
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