 moderate earthquake rattled parts of southeast England Saturday morning, toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds. Several thousand people were left without power after the quake in the county of Kent. The only reported casualty was a woman with minor head and neck injuries, the ambulance service said. "It literally felt like the whole house was being slid across like a fun-fair ride," said Sharon Hayles of Stanford, southeast England. The British Geological Survey said the 4.3-magnitude quake struck at 8:19 a.m. and was centered under the English Channel, about 8.5 miles south of Dover. The area is about 60 miles southeast of London. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude at 4.7. ...
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