5.4 Earthquake in Kent

I have just been woken up after my bed has just moved quite rapidly for about 4 seconds, my Dad came upstairs after he said the sofa moved too. neighbours has phoned to ask if we have felt the same thing

Someone has mailed into the BBC, from Ashford (near me) to report the same thing too.

Any UK members experienced the same?

Earthquake Shakes Southern England

news.sky.com...

[edit on 28-4-2007 by infinite]

This just happened?
I didn't feel anything down here in Thanet, perhaps 14 miles away is out of range?

its on BBC now...

someone has phoned in from Deal.

Apparent Earthquake

I don't see anything on the USGS Earthquake site yet, but sometimes it takes a few minutes to get new events.

Originally posted by pantha
This just happened?
I didn't feel anything down here in Thanet, perhaps 14 miles away is out of range?

strange.

Deal, Folkstone, Hastings and far as Suffolk all felt it.

It was strange.

Not an explosion.

Some thought it could of been the Nuclear power planet in Kent, but nothing for the locals. Its on Skynews now.

Media is calling it an Earthquake.

Power is reported to be out in certain areas.

Quite a powerful quake for the UK?

well I was in the middle of constructing a U2U at the time it happened and I am kind of oblivious to everything else when I'm doing that!

USGS is useless for Europe...

EMSC has it as a 5. At a depth of 2km.

EMSC

Kent Fire Brigade are currently investigation a possible explosion. But no signs of an explosion.

Houses are damaged after houses swayed from side to side for 15 secs. Walls have cracked and buildings have been damaged.

Folkestone area is the center for this.

Originally posted by apex
USGS is useless for Europe...

EMSC has it as a 5. At a depth of 2km.

EMSC

i've e-mailed Skynews with that information

On the news right now they are saying explosion, presumably after the earth quake??
And no power or phone lines, infinite, i take it if your posting you got your phone system up where you are?

Originally posted by Denied
On the news right now they are saying explosion, presumably after the earth quake??
And no power or phone lines, infinite, i take it if your posting you got your phone system up where you are?

Phone systems are playing up...

I cannot phone anyone in the Folkestone area, I have friends there.

Its not an explosion, no one has heard anything and there were after shocks.

USGS has it now:

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


earthquake.usgs.gov...

[edit on 4/28/2007 by djohnsto77]

[edit on 4/28/2007 by djohnsto77]

'Earth tremors' reported in Kent

news.bbc.co.uk...

27 km (17 miles) S (188°) from Canterbury, England, UK

Ekkkk!!!

I live there

WOAH!!

Skynews have a chart and its shows a HUGE earthquake


4.7 - 5...abit big for the UK, ya think?

Ahhh!!

Skynews have showed the graph I sent them

*dances*

ATS has inflitrated mainstream media.

5 is pretty nice, big enough for people to feel, but usually not much damage.

Originally posted by djohnsto77
5 is pretty nice, big enough for people to feel, but usually not much damage.

Homes has been evacuated in Folkstone...
lots of reports of damage throughout Kent, just checked our house over and infinite's home is fine