Patio furniture has definitely been knocked over.
Tremors were felt across Cumbria this morning as Britain’s second earthquake in two weeks struck.
The earthquake occurred at around 7:40am this morning and lasted for approximately 20 seconds, leaving residents of the area with their entire house shaking.
This follows an earthquake that hit Swansea earlier this month and notched 4.4 on the Richter scale. It was felt by as many as 10 million Brits and was the biggest on-shore event in the UK in a decade.
Here’s how people in Cumbria responded to the most recent tremor:
Having run outside in my pyjamas and wife’s slip-ons like some sort of suburban superhero, thinking someone had crashed into the side of our house, in turns out Cumbria was in fact experiencing an earthquake. #cockermouth #theEarthMoved
— Martin Parlett 🌋 🇲🇸 (@MartinParlett) February 28, 2018
Did anybody just feel an earthquake for a second? Me and my neighbours just went running out thinking somebody had crashed into our houses. #earthquake #cumbria #whitehaven
— Lewis Bowman (@LewisBowman) February 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/playiconic/status/968753641820704768
https://twitter.com/CharzaTM/status/968760257186091008
Think we just had an #earthquake #keswick #cumbria pic.twitter.com/eJevstBmqr
— Lakeland Camera (@LakelandCamera) February 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/OJCarr1/status/968755461901123585
nothing like an earthquake to ruin a lie in! woke up at half 7 this morning to the full house and bed shaking… looks like most of Cumbria felt it too! #cumbria #ukearthquake
— MLC (@mcavaghan_24) February 28, 2018
