ton , ▁and ▁P eld on . ▁In ▁P eld on , ▁the ▁local ▁newsp apers ▁claimed ▁that ▁every ▁building ▁had ▁been ▁dam aged ▁in ▁some ▁way . ▁ ▁The ▁Guardian ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁earth qu ake ▁was ▁gre et ed ▁with ▁terror ▁by ▁the ▁people ▁near ▁Col chester . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁some ▁reports ▁that ▁between ▁ 3 ▁and ▁ 5 ▁people ▁were ▁killed ▁by ▁the ▁earth qu ake , ▁but ▁this ▁has ▁been ▁disput ed ▁by ▁other ▁contemporary ▁accounts . ▁The ▁Times ▁reported ▁damage ▁" in ▁the ▁many ▁villages ▁in ▁the ▁neighbourhood ▁from ▁Col chester ▁to ▁the ▁sea ▁coast ", ▁with ▁many ▁poor ▁people ▁made ▁hom eless , ▁and ▁estimated ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁the ▁dis aster ▁at ▁£ 1 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁It ▁did , ▁however , ▁mention ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁a ▁child ▁at ▁Row h edge , ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁earth qu ake . ▁Mary ▁Sau nd ers , ▁of ▁Mann ing tree , ▁d rown ed ▁herself ▁in ▁the ▁River ▁St our ▁some ▁days ▁later . ▁The ▁large ▁waves ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁earth qu ake ▁destroyed ▁many ▁small ▁craft . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁earth qu ake ▁resulted ▁from ▁movement ▁along ▁a ▁fault ▁in ▁the ▁ancient ▁Pala e oz o ic ▁rocks ▁that ▁under pin ▁most ▁of ▁Es sex , ▁causing ▁waves ▁to ▁propag ate ▁through ▁the ▁over lying ▁C ret ace ous ▁and ▁T ert i ary ▁layers . ▁ ▁As ▁is ▁often ▁the ▁case , ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁always ▁the ▁strong est