UK hit by small earthquake, Twitter rolls out the jokes

Kent in southeast England was hit by a 4.2 magnitude earthquake early Friday morning, with tremors felt across the region.

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Residents in Canterbury, Margate and Whitstable felt rumblings as the minor quake rippled out from the epicentre 5 km south of Ramsgate.

The British Geological Survey, who normally tweet "weekdays 9 - 5," posted updates on the quake location and put it into context early on.

Here's seismicity map for this morning's 4.2 earthquake, 5km south of Ramsgate, Kent & approx 100km east of London pic.twitter.com/XaF9cRY4gm

— BGS (@BritGeoSurvey) May 22, 2015 Read more...

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