Old Cumbria Gazetteer - NY26: earthquake 19151002 0309


included in:-	NY26
	NY26: earthquake 19151002 0309
locality:-	Rockcliffe
civil parish:-	Rockcliffe (formerly Cumberland)
county:-	Cumbria
locality type:-	earthquake epicentre
locality type:-	earthquake plus
coordinates:-	NY25096345
1Km square:-	NY2563
10Km square:-	NY26
references:-	British Geological Survey 2010

evidence:-	newspaper:-
source data:-	Westmorland GazetteTranscription from the Westmorland Gazette 9 October 1915 "EARTHQUAKE SHOCK." "Tremors in the Lake District." "An earth tremor which caused considerable alarm, was felt in Westmorland and Cumberland early on Saturday morning. The tremor was most strongly felt in the Lake District, and reports from such distant places as Patterdale, Hutton-in-the-Forest, Martindale, Skelton, Troutbeck (Windermere), Armathwaite, Langdale, and Kentmere, all show that the time was between 3-15 and 3-18 a.m. Many people were awakened from sleep by the banging of doors, rattling of windows, and the fall of crockery, while several persons who were awake said their experience was of a swing, as if their beds were making the form of a big 'U.' Usually there was no noise, while in other cases - in remote dales, many miles from railways - it was stated that there was a loud noise, as if an express train was passing through the district. No personal or serious material damage is reported. The tremor only lasted a few seconds. The shock was experienced in the district between Carlisle and Solway, and across to Kirkpatrick Fleming, in Dumfriesshire." "The superintendent of the Eskdale Seismological Observatory reports that a large earthquake was recorded by the Galitzin seismograph at 7 a.m. Greenwich mean time on Sunday. The computed position of the epicentre is between Colorado, U.S.A., and the island of Guadeloupe, off the coast of California." "At numerous points around Ullswater the effects of the tremor were felt, and at Howtown and in Martindale the movement was accompanied by a noise which was described as similar to the passing of an express train, though the railway is ten miles away. In the Carlisle district the time is given as 3-25.Many people were awaken out of their sleep by a loud rumbling, and the apparent swaying of bedsteads, wardrobes, and other articles of furniture. No damage was done, but there was considerable alarm. The shock was felt in North Cumberland, bounded on the north by by Solway Firth, and extending southwards along a line roughly passing through Abbey Town, Kirkbride, Wigton, Burgh, Kirkandrews, and Carlisle. The rumbling lasted about two seconds." "Our Langdale correspondent writes: Light sleepers at Langdale were awakened at about 3-10 a.m. on Saturday morning by an earthquake shock. It was felt in both dales by a certain number of people, and compared to a heavy motor lorry travelling rapidly past. MOst people agree that it was more a noise than a vibration. At Chapel Stile it set all the dogs barking, and the same canine phenomenon was observed at Elterwater." "From Grasmere it is reported: A shock of earthquake was experienced in parts of the valley in the early hours of Saturday morning. The walls shook and the furniture rattled in the houses, and the noise resembled a heavy motor lorry. The line of the shock ran from White Bridge, Field Side and Deerbolts Cottage to High Close and Crag Head. The vibration lasted only a few seconds. As stated above, the shock was felt in the Troutbeck valley. At Broad Oak and Town End the inmates heard the cupboard doors vibrate and the crockery rattle. The shock was also noticed by one of the Windermere postmen, who, being awake about half-past three, noticed a rumbling noise, which was followed by an aeroplane-like 'skirr,' which seemed to travel off towards the south end of the lake." "It is stated, too, that at Bowness a man in the neighbourhood of Biskey Howe Terrace, hearing an unfamiliar noise arose from his bed and put his head through the window wondering whether a Zeppelin was about."


:-	Felt over most of The Lakes and into Scotland. At Annan furniture fell over; at Cockermouth a stone wall collapsed.
	Musson 1994

date:-	1915
period:-	1910s
event:-	earthquake

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