Earthquake shakes Kent

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BBC News: An earthquake has shaken parts of Kent, damaging buildings and disrupting electricity supplies...

Yes, something interesting finally happens in Kent: the tremor, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, was even enough to force this off the front page of the BBC Kent News website.

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