BGS ALERT: POSSIBLE SONIC EVENT EAST KENT 5 SEPTEMBER 2007 09:50 UTC

BGS has received information, via the Media, of a felt event at around
10:50 BST (09:50 UTC) this morning, in the Margate, Ramsgate, Canterbury
and Faversham areas of east Kent.  Reports describe "heard a bang and
felt a tremor" and "the house shook". =20

Data from the BGS rapid-access networks in the region were examined and
a signal consistent with a possible sonic origin was recorded at 09:50
UTC on station TFO (Folkestone).  The reports received are consistent
with historical observations received for previous events with a sonic
origin.  =20


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Davie Galloway
Earthquake, Forensic Seismology and Geomagnetism
British Geological Survey
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