"England would be split in two due to the chain breaking," predicts the British seismologist

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"England would be split in two due to the chain breaking," predicts

Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Bristol would be destroyed if the British Isles were hit with the earthquakes that hit Turkey. This is what Stephen Hicks, a seismologist at University College London (UCL), said.

“ To give an idea of ​​the full extent of the earthquake in Turkey, if we were to superimpose the USGS ShakeMap on the British Isles, the fault would pulsate from the Severn Estuary to the Humber Estuary. Most of England would experience earthquakes of at least magnitude 7 ," he tweeted.

He said that buildings in the British Isles would not be able to withstand such a strong shake and that "England would basically split in two because of the chain breaking".

"Of course this is an academic explanation, because the UK doesn't have such large landslides to cause such large earthquakes," said Hicks, who distributed the Turkish Red Crescent's humanitarian fund to those willing to donate.


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