Kent Earthquake Causes £300,000 Damages to Churches

Five Churches have been damaged by the earthquake which hit South East England at the weekend, Matthew Cresswell of the Church of England newspaper has explained.

More than £300,000 worth of damage has been caused to church properties in Kent, according to The Church of England Newspaper, which has said that the worst hit was St Peter's in Folkestone whose south transept completely collapsed.

Rev Stephen Bould at St Peter's said the quake shocked the small congregation celebrating early morning Eucharist at the time. He said: "It sounded like the largest freight train you've ever heard approaching at 150 mph through a tunnel. The church itself did quite visibly move while dust and small pieces of rubble descended on the congregation," according to the newspaper.