NY00: earthquake 17551117 1900 | ||
locality:- | Irton | |
locality:- | Irton Hall | |
civil parish:- | Irton with Santon (formerly Cumberland) | |
county:- | Cumbria | |
locality type:- | earthquake epicentre | |
locality type:- | earthquake plus | |
coordinates:- | NY09750029 | |
1Km square:- | NY0900 | |
10Km square:- | NY00 | |
references:- | British Geological Survey 2010 |
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hearsay:- |
Violent shock about 7pm:- |
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"Several farmhouses in that parish and neighbourhood were very much shook and torn
by it. ... [and at Iton Hall] furniture tumbled about the floor, to the great terror
of the family" |
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Melville, Charle: 1986: Historical Earthquakes in Northern England: TransCWAAS: vol.86:
pp.193-219 : 1755 (6 Dec):: Newcastle Journal:: (gives wrong date) |
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date:- | 1755 |
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period:- | 1750s | |
period:- | 18th century, late | |
event:- | earthquake |
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