Expert issues killer earthquake warning for London

A KILLER earthquake could hit London at any time, claiming untold numbers of lives and causing billions of pounds worth of damage, an expert warned.

Such a quake is long overdue after the last one occurred on April 6, 1580, said seismologist Dr Roger Musson.

Centred on the Dover Straits, the magnitude 5.5 tremor shook the south-east of England, damaging property and killing two people in London.