Entertainment

Yorkshire has been hit by an earthquake

Yorkshire has been hit by an earthquake
Yorkshire has been hit by an earthquake Yorkshire has been hit by an earthquake

On Tuesday night the British Geological Survey (BGS) picked up an earthquake of 3.8 magnitude in a somewhat unexpected place – just off the coast of Scarborough in North Yorkshire.

The quake was detected at 6:52pm about 150km (93 miles) east of the coast.This video shows how the quake compares with others that have happened in Britain.The BGS noted that where this latest earthquake struck was 50km (31 miles) away from the much more serious earthquake at Dogger Bank in 1931 which had a magnitude of 6.1.

The Dogger Bank earthquake caused minor damage to buildings on the coast.The BGS said: “The UK is not generally associated with earthquakes; however, between 20 to 30 earthquakes are felt by people each year, and a few hundred smaller ones are recorded by sensitive instruments. Most of these are very small and cause no damage.” Some people are pretty surprised by the news – earthquakes aren’t exactly everyday fare in Yorkshire.

Whereas others aren’t buying the drama of the situation.

Then came the inevitable jokes.

Luckily those in Yorkshire need not panic, because it is unlikely that they felt any tremors and no damage has been reported.