Earthquake hits Kent, shaking houses and waking residents

Magnitude 4.2 quake affects Canterbury, Margate and Whitstable, with people jolted from sleep and taking to social media to express their alarm An earthquake hit parts of Kent in the early hours of Friday morning, shaking houses, rattling windows and waking people in the county. The magnitude 4.2 earthquake was being investigated by seismologists at the British Geological Survey which said tremors had been felt in areas including Margate. Here's seismicity map for this morning's 4.2 earthquake, ...