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In the film Eternals (2021), the earthquake in London serves as the immediate physical catalyst that signals the final stage of the Emergence. Here is the specific detail on how it connects to the timeline:
According to Ajak (Salma Hayek), the Emergence requires a specific amount of life energy from the planet’s population to occur. When Thanos snapped away half of life in Infinity War, he inadvertently delayed the Emergence because there wasn't enough "life force" to birth the Celestial. When the Avengers brought everyone back in Endgame (the Blip), the sudden surge of energy provided the necessary power to restart the process.
The earthquake Sersi (Gemma Chan) experiences in London occurs very early in the film. It is not a natural tectonic event; rather, it is a localized tremor caused by the stirring of Tiamut, the Celestial growing inside the Earth’s core.
As the Emergence timeline progresses, these earthquakes become more frequent and more intense globally. They represent Tiamut beginning to move and expand as he prepares to burst through the Earth's crust.
The earthquake in London is immediately followed by the return of the Deviants (specifically the attack at Camden Lock). The timeline connection is as follows:
Later in the film, Ajak reveals to Sersi that the London quake was one of the final warnings. She explains that they only have seven days from the start of these global tremors before Tiamut fully emerges, which would result in the total destruction of Earth.
In summary, the London earthquake is the physical manifestation of Tiamut’s growth spurt, triggered by the population restoration of the Blip, marking the one-week countdown to the planet's destruction.
The summary incorrectly describes the earthquake as 'localized' when the film establishes it as a global phenomenon signaling the planetary scale of the threat.
The summary omits the specific detail that the Deviants were released 'last week' (prior to the London scenes), which clarifies the exact timeline of the Emergence's effects.
In Eternals (2021), the earthquake experienced by Sersi in London is a global event (not localized) caused by the stirring of the Celestial Tiamut in the Earth's core. It signals the final stage of the Emergence, which was triggered by the return of the population during the Blip (providing the necessary intelligent life energy). The earthquake coincides with the return of the Deviants, who were released from Alaskan ice roughly a week prior due to the rising core temperatures associated with Tiamut's awakening. Ajak confirms that this activity marks the start of a seven-day countdown to the planet's destruction.