It may have passed you by, but the UK experienced its biggest earthquake in over decade on Tuesday night.
With its epicentre said to be in the North Sea, 100 miles east from the North Yorkshire town of Scarborough, it’s safe to say that the 3.8 magnitude tremor didn’t exactly reduce any of the county to a heap of smouldering rubble.
In fact, upon hearing news of the quake (many of them were unaware it had actually happened), people from the White Rose County saw the funny side to it all.
Some were claiming the quake had reaped havoc with their plastic garden furniture arrangements…
https://twitter.com/savs66/status/816402437040984064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
(As if it’s ever that sunny up north)
Others shared photographs highlighting how it had taken its toll on green bins in the region…
https://twitter.com/SkipLicker/status/816406590974730240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Hope everyone is ok following the devastating earthquake in North Yorkshire #earthquake #Huddersfield pic.twitter.com/02uMtsDuoK
— Huddersfield (@Huddersfield4U) January 4, 2017
There were unverified reports (one tweet) that the earthquake had hit Scarborough’s seafront arcades hard, too…
Scarborough earthquake causes £10,000 worth of 10ps to fall off their ledge and means 100s of whack-a-moles need to re-housed #earthquake
— Ol Crabtree (@OlCrabtree) January 4, 2017
Others were concerned that the shudder had prompted someone to spill some of their cup of tea…
https://twitter.com/chrisj0100/status/816399464164425728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
And speaking of tea, in Yorkshire’s time of need, it was heartwarming to note that help was at hand from the other side of the Pennines. One Lancashire man chose to forget his county’s historical rivalry…
https://twitter.com/lancsbloke/status/816401334895312896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
An incredibly moving gesture.
