<b>By Polly Ticks
Political Editor</b>

The political earthquake forecast by UKIP before the General Election has arrived in Kent two weeks late.

And just like the party's results, last night's earthquake caused no great shakes.

It struck near Ramsgate and tremors were felt as far away as Clacton - but the 4.2 magnitude event did little more than cause some wobbling across the south, and near Thanet in particular.

Early reports of damage indicated a garden chair had fallen over in Whitstable, and three apples had plunged from trees in an orchard near Margate.

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The late arrival of the earthquake, and the minimal impact it has had, has raised questions over whether Nigel Farage and UKIP are still suitable for forecasting earthquakes.

A commentator said: "We clearly need a much better early-warning system, so UKIP need to sort themselves out. Inexplicably, however, they seem to have kept on their boss despite their recent record."

A UKIP spokesman said: "We predicted an earthquake and we got one. The fact it is a few weeks too late is neither here nor there. And probably caused by the fact the earthquake came from abroad."

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