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A、moderate earthquake struck parts of southeastEngland on 28April 2007, toppling chimneys from houses and rousing residents from their beds. Several thousand people were left without power in KentCounty. One women suffered minor head and neck injuries.
"It felt as if the whole house was being slid across like a fun-fair ride," said the woman.
TheBritish Geological Survey said the 4.3-magnitude quake struck at 8 ~ 19A、m. and was centered under theEnglishChannel, about 8.5 miles south ofDover and near the entrance to theChannel Tunnel.
Witnesses said cracks appeared in wails and chimneys collapsed across the county. Residents said the tremor had lasted for about 10 to 15 seconds.
"I was lying in bed and it felt as if someone had just got up from bed next to me. " Said Hendrick vanEck, 27, ofCanterbury about 60 miles southeast of London. "I then heard the sound of cracking, and it was getting heavier and heavier. It felt as if someone was at the end of my bed hopping up and down. "
There are thousands of moderate quakes on this scale around the world each year, but they are rare inBritain. TheApril 28 quake was the strongest inBritain since 2002 when a 4.8-magnitude quake struck the centralEngland city ofBirmingham.
The country’s strongest earthquake took place in the North Sea in 1931 ,measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale.British Geological Survey scientist Roger Musson said the quake took place on 28April in an area that had seen several of the biggest earthquakes ever to strikeBritain, including one in 1580 that caused damage in London and was felt in France. Musson predicted that it was only a matter of time before another earthquake struck this part ofEnglanD、However. people should not be scared too much by this prediction, Musson said, as the modern earthquake warning system ofBritain should be able to detect a forthcoming quake and announce it several hours before it takes place. This would allow time for people to evacuate and reduce damage to the minimum.
It can be inferred from the passage thatEngland is rarely hit by high magnitude earthquakes.A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
短文第六段第一句说，全球每年发生强度为里氏4级左右的地震有几千次，但是这种中等强度的地震在英格兰很少发生。据此，读者可以容易地推断出，高震级的地震在英格兰就更少见了。
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