Kent earthquake: Seven very British responses

There's been an earthquake in Kent.

At a magnitude of 4.2, it wasn't very strong. The epicentre was 9.5 miles deep and near Gogglebox's Steph and Dom's house in Sandwich.

We rang them for comment but unfortunately they are currently holidaying in the Caribbean.

They seem to be having fun.

Here are seven other very British responses to the earthquake.

Kent police say they were inundated with phone calls after the tremors.

It's testament to how much trust we place in the British bobby that we think they can arrest the earth's crust.

It was the first time the earth had moved for some time in one resident's bedroom.

Unfortunately the earth did not move for some.

One made a risky joke about their husband.

Another person tweeted: "There's someone in Kent right now who thinks 'Wow, I must be really good at sex.'"

The thought of an earthquake in Kent (?!) was so ludicrous to some, pretty much anything else felt more likely, including a Jumanji-esque scenario in Sandwich.

Adrian Tottenham told Kent Online: "My first thought was that there was an elephant or large animal lumbering across the roof.

"My next thought was that someone had got in.

"It finished after 15-20 seconds, and it was about five minutes later that the penny dropped that it could have been an earthquake."

This was echoed by Pauline Field who emailed the Telegraph to say: "I thought a large animal was on the roof. Didn't sleep for ages after."

Understandable insomnia, if you really thought there was a buffalo climbing atop your house in Kent.

One tweeter said she felt the room shake but assumed it was just alcohol.

One person was confused and said she couldn't be drunk so why was the room shaking.

Another tried to explain it using being drunk as a point of reference.

Some people didn't feel the earthquake because they were drunk.

However that didn't mean they didn't feel like an earthquake happened.

Telegraph reader Elizabeth Leonard emailed in to say that in Deal: "Even the plantation blinds in my son's room were rattling."

Plantation blinds look like this and are so-called because they gained their popularity among plantation owners who built iconic white mansions on their properties in the 19th century. They actually date back to Ancient Greek times.

The old garden patio set with one chair tipped over made another appearance.

It was tweeted repeatedly.

"We will rebuild" was a popular, sarcastic phrase.

A picture of a spilt cup of coffee or tea was posted by many people. You are all very, very funny.

Kent Police tweeted to say no-one was injured.

However Herbert Smith might disagree with anyone saying the event passed without incident: he and his wife Doreen have had to move into their caravan while their home is looked at.

He tweeted a picture of his cracked wall.

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