Earthquake shakes parts of Kent

[Toon]

An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 4.3 has shaken parts of Kent, damaging buildings and disrupting electricity supplies.

Emergency services have received reports of structural damage including cracked walls and fallen chimneys in Folkestone and nearby areas.

The British Geological Survey said the tremor, which occurred at 0818 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.

The earthquake was reportedly felt as far afield as Essex, East Sussex and Suffolk.

[Cwilk]

That's too wild. I had no idea earthquakes affected your area.

I was actually in the big Quake in the San Francisco area back in 1989. I lived right next to the epicenter....by that, I mean at the bottom of the mountain where the quake started. Pretty scary stuff.