Killer earthquake warning issued

[AgnesIO]

I could have told you all we will have an earthquake eventually. I HATE it when scientists point out the obvious, as if we didn't all know.

[Sacha]

yawns.
I die I die
don't care.. can't stop it.. no point worrying about wether it's true or not.

[cocaine]

hows it gonna be killer when we dont lie anywhere near a tectonic plate?

[Jordan]

hows it gonna be killer when we dont lie anywhere near a tectonic plate?

Britain once sat in the middle of one of the tectonic plates that divide up the Earth's crust.
The country was being squeezed between an expanding plate boundary slicing through the Atlantic and another running through north Africa.
Geological movements over millions of years had caused large numbers of "little cracks" to appear in the stressed rock.
"Think of it as a dinner plate that has been broken several times and glued back together again and you're squeezing it," said Dr Musson. "If one bit is not glued terribly well, then it can give a little."

[Moh]

We had a 5.2 earthquake 2 years ago, not that bad. A few chimneys fell off.

[AlexOC]

Oh phew, it's only London

[AgnesIO]

Oh phew, it's only London

Personally I was crying. Was hoping the mancy mancs were gonna be affected. And the **** cakes

But as someone else said - a earthquake of 5.5 wouldnt be too bad - we had one that was 5.2 not so long ago..

[Stephen]

that earthquake we had a few years ago was pretty cool to me when I was sitting in bed. Can't wait for the next.

[FlyingJesus]

The reason we should be aware of the danger is that earthquakes have a habit of repeating themselves, said Dr Musson, from the British Geological Survey.

Speaking at the British Science Festival at Aston University, Birmingham, he said: "Even the quake in 1580 was a repeat of a previous one that occurred in 1382, with almost the same epicentre, size and results.

1580 - 1382 = 198

1580 + 198 = 1778

1778 =/= 2010

Not a particularly habit-forming quake we got over here I feel