Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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 NY32 |
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| 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 |
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| hearsay:- |
After shock of Egremont 11 August 1786. |
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| 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 |
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| date:- | 1787 |
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| period:- | 1780s | |
| period:- | 18th century, late | |
| event:- | earthquake |
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