Friday 22 May 2015

Earthquake in Kent!

Was rudely awoken at 3 am today by the bed violently shaking... Knowing I hadn't eaten anything too spicy, my first thoughts were obviously the safety of the family. But after jumping out of bed I did pop in to the spare room to check the painted figures sat in a glass cabinet were ok first!




Turns out we had an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2. Thankfully no damage was done - to the figures or the family...

More info is on the BBC website.

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  1. Not the sort of thing you expect to happen in the UK! Hopefully everything is OK?

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    1. It's the second in three years now. The last one caused structural damage in Folkestone (falling chimneys and the like), but we were ok. Other than a bit of disrupted sleep no problems this time. It did make me think about how secure the shelves in the Ikea cabinet are though!

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  2. You better not let the Wife see your choice of order "figures or the family", though it probably was a sub conscious choice;) Michigan got a rumble a few weeks back as well. We've had two as well but I never felt one of them, but will pass on having another just to experience it. That one can stay out of the bucket list;)

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