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 NY32
NY32: earthquake 17870706
civil parish:-   St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   earthquake epicentre
locality type:-   earthquake plus
coordinates:-   NY34092213
1Km square:-   NY3422
10Km square:-   NY32
references:-   British Geological Survey 2010

hearsay:-  
After shock of Egremont 11 August 1786.
Felt in the mountainous area of Penrith, Threlkeld, Keswick. Tottery rocks feel on Helvellyn
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Melville, Charle: 1986: Historical Earthquakes in Northern England: TransCWAAS: vol.86: pp.193-219
: 1787 (18 July):: Cumberland Pacquet
: 1787 (25 July):: Cumberland Pacquet
: 1787 (25 July):: Newcastle Courant

date:-   1787
period:-   1780s
period:-   18th century, late
event:-   earthquake
 

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