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-{{Infobox Story
+{{Infobox Story SMW
-|name             = ''Cardiff Earthquake''
+|range           = U.N.I.T. (tie-in website){{!}}U.N.I.T.
-|main character   =
+|number in range = #19
-|enemy            =
+|name            = ''Cardiff Earthquake''
-|setting          = [[United Kingdom]], [[October]] [[2006]]
+|image           = Cardiff Earthquake.jpg
-|release date     = [[2005]]
+|setting         = [[United Kingdom]], [[October]] [[2006]]
-|writer           = [[BBC Web Team]]
+|release date    = 4 June 2005
-|publisher        = BBC
+|writer          = BBC webteam
-|anthology        = [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website]]
+|publisher       = BBC
-|series           = [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website short stories]]
+|genre           = Science fiction
-|prev             = Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings (short story)
+|format          = Online short story
-|next             = Alien Life (short story)
+|website         = ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]''
-|series2          = ''[[UNIT Press Briefings (series)|UNIT Press Briefings]]''
+|series          = [[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website fiction]]
-|prev2            = Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings (short story)
+|prev            = Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings (short story)
-|next2            = Alien Life (short story)
+|next            = Guinevere One (short story)
-}}
+|series2         = ''[[UNIT Press Briefings (series)|UNIT Press Briefings]]''
-{{you may|Cardiff Earthquake|n1=the titular earthquake}}
+|prev2           = Unexploded WWII Bomb Warnings (short story)
-'''''Cardiff Earthquake''''', prefixed as '''''PRESS STATEMENT: Cardiff Earthquake''''' on the story's page, was a short story released on the [[U.N.I.T. (fictional website)|''U.N.I.T.'' website]] as part of the ''[[UNIT Press Briefings (series)|UNIT Press Briefings]]'' series of in-universe, narrative [[press briefing]]s.
+|next2           = Alien Life (short story)
+}}{{you may|Cardiff Earthquake|n1=the titular earthquake}}
-This story tied into the television story [[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]''.
+'''''Cardiff Earthquake''''', prefixed as '''''PRESS STATEMENT: Cardiff Earthquake''''' on the story's page, was the fourteenth short story and nineteenth release exclusively published on the ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' [[Doctor Who tie-in websites|website]] on [[4 June (releases)|4 June]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]{{note|As this was released alongside ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', it is likely it was released on 4 June.}} by the [[BBC webteam]] to coincide with the broadcast of ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]''. ''Cardiff Earthquake'' was the eighth release in the ''[[UNIT Press Briefings (series)|UNIT Press Briefings]]'' series of in-universe [[press briefing]]s.
 == Plot ==
-In the wake of the [[Cardiff Earthquake]], on [[8 October]], [[UNIT]] reports in a [[press briefing]] that the clean-up operation has been successful, however [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Margaret Blaine]] is one among many missing, and that UNIT's [[Scientific advisor|Scientific Advisors]] has agreed that due to the instability of the ground the planet was to be built on, the [[Blaidd Drwg|Blaidd Drwg Power Plant]] project should be abandoned.
+In the wake of the [[Cardiff Earthquake]], on [[8 October]], [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] reports in a [[press briefing]] that the clean-up operation has been successful. However, [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Margaret Blaine]] is among the many people missing and UNIT's [[Scientific advisor|Scientific Advisors]] have agreed that, due to the instability of the ground the plant was to be built on, the [[Blaidd Drwg|Blaidd Drwg Power Plant]] project should be abandoned.
 == Characters ==
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 * [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Margaret Blaine]]
-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
 * Blaine was [[Lord Mayor of Cardiff|Mayor of Cardiff]].
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 == Continuity ==
-* The story is set in the aftermath of [[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]''.
+* The story is set in the aftermath of ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]''.
 == External links ==
-{{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125011531/http://www.unit.org.uk/press/cardiff.shtml|page name=''Cardiff Earthquake''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426004730/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name=unit.org.uk via the Wayback Machine}}
+{{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125011531/http://www.unit.org.uk/press/cardiff.shtml|page name=''Cardiff Earthquake''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426004730/http://www.unit.org.uk/|website name=''U.N.I.T.'' via the Wayback Machine}}
+== Footnotes ==
+=== Notes ===
+{{notelist}}
+{{U.N.I.T. fiction}}
 {{UNIT stories}}
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 [[Category:UNIT Press Briefings short stories]]
 [[Category:Stories set in 2006]]