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Boudica's Earthquake
Interesting article in the July BBC History Magazine about a possible Colchester, Essex earthquake at the time of Boudica in the first century AD.
Roman historians Tacitus and Dio Cassius note that just before Boudica's revolt the statue of the goddess Victory in Colchester (then the political and religious capital of Roman Britain) rotated and fell over. 'Otherworldly groans' were heard and the sea 'turned blood red'. Boudica's followers interpreted this as divine approval for the rebellion and the Romans saw it as a bad omen.
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More geology errors from the BBC ...
This time from their Science and Nature - Hot Topics - Natural Disasters section on Earthquakes
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The Kent earthquake comes as no real surprise to me. This area is one of the most active areas for large earthquakes in the UK, albeit with long return times. The most significant events were on 21st May 1382 and 6th April 1580, both estimated at Local Magnitude 5.8. The latter caused much damage in the southeast of England and is one of Britain's most fatal earthquakes with two apprentices being killed by falling masonry in a church in Newgate.
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