A moderate earthquake ocurred in Kent here in the UK today. BBC News story at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6602677.stm
Apparently it registered about 4.3 and there was some damage to buildings and powerlines. A year or two ago a similar tremor took place in Birmingham (or was it Manchester?) and then also there was some damage to houses and buildings.
You don't really get anything like the terrible quakes that seem to happen semi-regularly in countries like Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey, and perhaps because tremors are rare in these parts it seems a bit freakish. On the news they compared it with Los Angeles where tremors like the one in Kent this morning happen daily. I don't think I would like to live somewhere that fluid. I like to nurse the illusion of thinking the ground beneath my feet is more or less solid or at least substantial to some degree.
I saw a picture of a little old lady being led from her house by some member of the services. It must have been quite a shock to the poor old dear. Let's hope her house isn't too damaged.
You don't really get anything like the terrible quakes that seem to happen semi-regularly in countries like Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey, and perhaps because tremors are rare in these parts it seems a bit freakish. On the news they compared it with Los Angeles where tremors like the one in Kent this morning happen daily. I don't think I would like to live somewhere that fluid. I like to nurse the illusion of thinking the ground beneath my feet is more or less solid or at least substantial to some degree.
I saw a picture of a little old lady being led from her house by some member of the services. It must have been quite a shock to the poor old dear. Let's hope her house isn't too damaged.
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