The South-West English county, in the UK, was shaken by the quake on Thursday evening.

One resident described hearing a “thunderous roar” before the quake.

“A distant thunderous roar approached before a single jolt struck, giving me an instant headache and making my hairs stand on end,” wrote one person on Twitter.

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This is the second earthquake I’ve experienced here in Langport.

As before, a distant thunderous roar approached before a single jolt struck, giving me an instant headache and making my hairs stand on end!

Others said it felt as though a truck had hit their house.

We just had an Earthquake here in Somerset… thought a lorry had hit our house!

“Thought something had hit the side of the house, made the windows shake, quite scary!” said another. (NAN)