Just a quick note to say I have a few snaps of the damage caused by the earthquake in Folkestone today. I’ve uploaded them to my Flickr account. They mainly focus on the Blackbull Road area including Mead Road and Garden Road. I have the images in a much higher resolution – please drop me an email if you’d like copies.
For a technical writeup on the Earthquake have a look at the British Geological Survey website. The site shows seismograms of this tremor and where other quakes have taken place historically. If you felt the earthquake they are asking that you fill out a questionnaire.
My house has taken some damage but it could have been a lot worse. We had a chimney pot come down which landed in next doors garden. I can see daylight through a crack in the chimney stack and have lots of cracks in walls. In Garden Road there is a lot more visible damage with many chimney stacks completely destroyed and many fallen tiles. When you look at other events around the world it was a fairly minor event. But, its not something you see often in the UK and has left many people with homes declared unsafe. I won’t forget seeing all the confused and worried faces on the street at 8:20 this morning.