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[DimPrawn]

UK overdue an earthquake that could kill scores of people at any moment | Mail Online

Britain is overdue a killer earthquake that could see up to 100 people crushed to death, a leading geologist has warned.
Dr Roger Musson of the British Geological Survey believes a fracture in the earth's crust beneath the English Channel could slip at any time, sending a tremor rippling across the south east.
The same fault was to blame for one of Britain's biggest earthquakes in the last 500 years - a magnitude 6 quake that killed two children in London in 1580



You'll find me quivering under the bed if you need me.

[Mich the Tester]

Merseyside Mullet finds a job as simulated earthquake victim;

[shaunbhoy]

Dr Roger Musson of the British Geological Survey believes a fracture in the earth's crust beneath the English Channel could slip at any time, sending a tremor rippling across the south east, similar in size and destructive effect, as the one experienced the last time threaded fell off his bike!

FTFY

[Mich the Tester]

Dr Roger Musson of the British Geological Survey believes a fracture in the earth's crust beneath the English Channel could slip at any time, sending a tremor rippling across the south east.

´ang on a minute; I live in NL about 3 metres above sea level. I might be hit by a tsunami.

PANIC!
PANIC!
Put the kettle on!

[doodab]

´ang on a minute; I live in NL about 3 metres above sea level. I might be hit by a tsunami.

You live on a hill?

[Mich the Tester]

You live on a hill?

Yeah, sort of. There's a 'berg' nearby that's nearly 70 metres high. The locals get all dizzy trying to cycle up it; must be altitude sickness.

[HairyArsedBloke]

The voices in my head tell me that Dr Roger Musson has just been told his research funding is under threat.

[DimPrawn]

The voices in my head tell me that Dr Roger Musson has just been told his research funding is under threat.

He only needs to propose that earthquakes are caused by man made global warming and he's laughing.

[TimberWolf]

He only needs to propose that earthquakes are caused by man made global warming and he's laughing.

No one would dare question it. Or at least only raving nutters.

[Mich the Tester]

The voices in my head tell me that Dr Roger Musson has just been told his research funding is under threat.

Hmm, I think he's right; there is indeed a fault under the channel. Thing is, 'could slip at any time', in geological terms means 'sometime in the next 1000 years or so'.