Robb C. Overfield wrote:
On a tatty piece of sub-ether Russel Sprout at
said...

"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
oups.com...
The BBC is consuming its news slot this morning with hearsay about a
4.7 quake in SE England. There is some talk of an explosion. A
viewer sent in a picture of a seismograph that looks more like an
explosion
to my untutored eyes.

The NEIC list says earthquake though. (Only just made it on -the
criteria is that outside the States, they do not list quakes under
4M.)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...quakes_all.php

Try here...
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...ion/Europe.php




The location fix from the USGS put it just offshore, S of Dymchurch.
So it's likely the explosion was as a result of the earthquake, not a
cause.

BGS interview on the TV indicated that the offshore feature that produced
the event is well known....