- A 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Dover, England on April 26, 2007, with its epicenter 7.5 miles offshore. - The town of Folkestone experienced the worst damage from the quake, with over 400 emergency calls, 73 properties deemed unsafe to live in, and damage estimates of £10-15 million. - Earthquakes in Britain typically cause less damage than in areas where tectonic plates meet because the UK is located in the middle of a plate, away from plate boundaries where the most severe quakes occur.

1. Does Britain have Earthquakes? Images from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6603499.stm http://flickr.com/photos/folkestonegerald/475428516/ Kent Earthquake

2. Image from http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_bsal_w.html Does Britain have Earthquakes? Background Saturday 26 th of April 2007. 8.19 a.m . 4.3 magnitude on the Richter Scale . Epicentre was 7.5 miles off the Dover coast. But, Folkestone received the worst of the damage.

3. Does Britain have Earthquakes? Impact Images from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6603499.stm

5. Does Britain have Earthquakes? Why so little damage? Image from http://www.johomaps.com/world/worldtecton.html The most devastating Earthquakes are found where the tectonic plates meet. Here either subduction ( Convergent / destructive ) or seafloor spreading occurs ( Divergent/Constructive ).