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NY12: earthquake 19080000
locality:-   Whiteside
locality:-   Buttermere
civil parish:-   Buttermere (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   earthquake epicentre
locality type:-   earthquake plus
10Km square:-   NY12
1Km square:-   NY1020
10Km square:-   NY12
references:-   British Geological Survey 2010

hearsay:-  
During late July and early August 1908 there were minor earth tremors in the area, coming from Whiteside. 14 August 1908, W C Hope was bringing in hay at Cornhow when there was a great groaning rumble, and he saw what looked like a cloud of smoke rising, and rocks came tumbling down from the mountain side.

date:-   1987
period:-   1980s
event:-   earthquake
 

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