A minor earthquake registering 3.8 on the Richter scale, has sent cups of tea flying at a seaside town in North Yorkshire. 

The BBC have reported the tremors hit off the coast of Scarborough at 6.52pm yesterday evening, following Figi's 7.2 magnitude quake yesterday morning.

Earthquake hits off coast of Scarborough measuring 3.8 magnitude https://t.co/MoN7dYdvqb

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 4, 2017

A caller to BBC Radio York said she had lost “all control” of her frying pan, the contents of which ruined her carpet…

But the BEST reactions were, unsurprisingly on Twitter, where one person tweeted they had “over £7.50 worth of damage” done.

Pure coincidence that I fall down car park stairs in #Hull and an #earthquake is reported off #Scarborough #honest #allok

— Duncan Wood (@duncanwooditv) January 3, 2017

#earthquake #Scarborough poor dog on beach hit by the force of the Earthquake pic.twitter.com/CzRnjJlWaC

— Gordon Williams (@scorpiodog72) January 4, 2017

Harrowing images of Scarborough Castle following the 3.9 earthquake tonight. Hard to believe that, only yesterday, this was a Travelodge. pic.twitter.com/zRyR9ISt4r

— Carl Jones (@CarlDJones) January 3, 2017

Terrible scenes from North Yorkshire after tonight's earthquake pic.twitter.com/K4vwdcyHwT

— Skip Hackski (@SkipLicker) January 3, 2017

I gather there's been an earthquake near Yorkshire. I'm putting together an aid package to help them!!! #yorkshireearthquake pic.twitter.com/gptTYTX4Yd

— northern fella (@lancsbloke) January 3, 2017

Needless to say the extent of the damage was probably minimal in comparison to historical records.

According to the BBC, 1200 buildings were damaged in 1884 when an earthquake hit Colchester. This is the most damage caused by an earthquake on UK records.

In more recent times (1931), the largest earthquake on record measured 6.1 on the Richter scale.