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 NX91 |
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| NX91: earthquake 17860811 0155 | ||
| locality:- | Whitehaven | |
| locality:- | Workington | |
| locality:- | Egremont | |
| locality:- | Pillar | |
| locality:- | Red Pike | |
| locality:- | Helvellyn | |
| locality:- | Bootle | |
| locality:- | Barrow-in-Furness | |
| locality:- | Penrith | |
| locality:- | Brough | |
| locality:- | Appleby-in-Westmorland | |
| locality:- | Gilsland | |
| locality:- | Irish Sea | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | earthquake epicentre | |
| locality type:- | earthquake plus | |
| coordinates:- | NX91291628 | |
| 1Km square:- | NX9116 | |
| 10Km square:- | NX91 | |
| references:- | British Geological Survey 2010 |
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Happened about 2.15am and was felt as far away as Aberdeen, Belfast, Chatham - if
all reports can be associated with this event.. |
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| Damage at Egremont included chimneys being thrown down, and the collapse of part of
the castle; a chimney came down in Tangier Street, Whitehaven, and people were thrown
off their feet; the quay at Workington was damaged; some thousands of tons of rock
came off Pillar; there was a landside on Red Pike, which revealed a deposit of iron
ore; there were falls of rock on Helvellyn; stone walls and slates were thrown down
in Bootle; a house at Barrow-in-Furness split from top to bottom; old walls fell down
on Penrith, Appleby and Brough; people awoke and furniture was shaken in Gilsland;
there was alarm in Cark and Cartmel. |
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| Melville, Charles: 1986: Historical Earthquakes in Northern England: TransCWAAS: vol.86:
pp.193-219 : 1767=1812: Bootle Parish Register : 1786:: Scots Magazine: no.48: p.457 : 1786 (16 August):: Caledonian Mercury : 1786 (16 August):: Cumberland Pacquet : 1786 (19 September):: Leeds Mercury : 1787 (27 July):: Cumberland Pacquet : 1818 (21 February):: Hull Advertiser:: p.3 : 1817 (15 Novermber):: Westmorland Advertiser and Kendal Chronicle Hutchinson, W: 1794: History of the County of Cumberland:: vol.2: pp.673-674 Moore, S: 1787:: Phil Trans: vol.77: pp.35-36 |
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Minor damage in Barrow-in-Furness, Cockermouth, Egremont, Whitehaven and Workington. |
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| Musson 1994 |
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| date:- | 1786 |
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| period:- | 1780s | |
| period:- | 18th century, late | |
| event:- | earthquake |
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