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 NY23
NY23: earthquake 19010709 1645
civil parish:-   Boltons (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   earthquake epicentre
locality type:-   earthquake plus
coordinates:-   NY29833889
1Km square:-   NY2938
10Km square:-   NY23
references:-   British Geological Survey 2010

evidence:-   newspaper:- 
source data:-   Cumberland PacquetTranscription from the Cumberland Pacquet, 11 July 1901:-  "AN EARTHQUAKE IN CUMBERLAND."
"On Tuesday two very pronounced shocks of earthquake were experienced there between a quarter-past four and twenty-two minutes to five in the afternoon. No damage was done, except the shaking of glass and crockery in cupboards. The weather was hot and sultry."
"In the Lake District on Tuesday afternoon two distinct but slight shocks of earthquake were experienced. At Ambleside the rumble was like distant thunder, and vibrations of earth and disturbances of crockery were noticed by many inhabitants, otherwise there was no damage done."

date:-   1901
period:-   1900s
event:-   earthquake
 

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