EMSCAs life returns back to normal, Britain has responded to today’s earthquake, (February 17), in the most British way possible – by making a joke about it.
A 4.7 magnitude quake hit the UK this afternoon and was felt from as far as Cornwall in the south-west to Blackpool in the north-east.
Survivors of the quake, which has reportedly taken no casualties, took to Twitter for some much needed #bantz:
UK earthquake causes severe damage!! #earthquake #earthquake uk pic.twitter.com/BPRUPIy2kd
— Naz (@Naz1o) February 17, 2018
Scenes of the quake’s destructed path have been doing the rounds:
Live scenes as an #earthquake has hit parts of Wales. UK pic.twitter.com/Pg5CiLIPJv
— ?Gαvlαr(MᴀxᴅMᴇʀᴄ)? (@MaxdMerc) February 17, 2018
@Pcf4 @brendanfogarty7 Earthquake hysteria hits UK . Thoughts and prayers with those affected pic.twitter.com/cKJ1A0J49E
— Michael Fogarty (@Tynan4) February 17, 2018
#earthquake #SouthWales Look at the destruction . Fuckin hell. Mad pic.twitter.com/yay4secsd5
— Josh Mac (@Josh15Mac) February 17, 2018
People have been sharing all the feels:
South West UK right now…#earthquake pic.twitter.com/hWE0WKUfXq
— Tom Spencer (@TPSpencer88) February 17, 2018
I survived the February 2018 UK earthquake! pic.twitter.com/BbOYcFu21X
— David H-T (@psicorps2000) February 17, 2018
My whole apartment just shook side to side momentarily…did anyone else in UK feel any kind of earthquake?
That was fucking weird
— FuntCase | DPMO (@FuntCaseUK) February 17, 2018
*tiny earthquake in the South West of UK*
YouTuber: pic.twitter.com/SJDek6XfSk
— Carla ◟̽◞̽ (@carla130802) February 17, 2018
Some of the best quotes from yodays earthquake in the UK. pic.twitter.com/1S0qRXvcC9
— Andrew Hamblin (@ahamblin16) February 17, 2018
Earthquakes elsewhere: Thousands homeless, power grid knocked out, major infrastructure damage will cost millions to repair. #Earthquake in the UK: pic.twitter.com/eP3XdPpcra
— Kerry 'King' Neale (@kezzlebob) February 17, 2018
Just terrible. The Great British tidy up must begin now.
Tim Horner is a sub-editor at UNILAD. He graduated with a BA Journalism from University College Falmouth before most his colleagues were born. A previous editor of adult mags, he now enjoys bringing the tone down in the viral news sector.