1185 East Midlands earthquake

Earthquake in England March 2020 1185 East Midlands earthquake yes 15 April 1185 6th hour of the dayhttp://www.british-history.ac.uk/lancs-ches-record-soc/vol14/pp20-35 Annales Cestrienses Chronicle of the Abbey of S. Werburg, At Chester 1887 20–35 Richard Copley Christie London 2014 British History Online Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, University of London 19 April 2015 England 5.1 w y 10 kmhttps://www.emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/11850415_0000_000 European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data (AHEAD) 5 May 2014 EPOS European Plate Observatoring System 20 March 2015 53.11 N 0.781 E England VII en-UK The 1185 East Midlands earthquake happened in England. It is the first earthquake in England for which there are reliable reports indicating damage.http://www.emidius.eu/AHEAD/main/info/?en=10950 Earthquake Catalogue of Great Britain and surroundings 36 Musson RMW 2014 European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data British Geological Survey 20 March 2015 The moment magnitude of the shock was estimated to be above 5.0 and its intensity was placed at VII (Damaging) on the European macroseismic scale. Earthquake The earthquake of 15 April 1185 in the region of East Midlands was one of the largest and most damaging earthquakes the British Isles had ever encountered. The magnitude has been estimated at 5 w y. Some think the epicentre of the earthquake was close to Nottingham in East Midlands. The epicentre has also been suggested to be in or around Lincolnshire. However, it could possibly be anywhere from Dogger Bank to the East Midlands. Some references talk of the earthquake happening somewhere offshore in the North Sea east of northern England; its effects may have been felt as far away as Norway.http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/historical/data/studies/MUSS008/MUSS008.pdf The seismicity of the British Isles to 1600 23 Musson RMW 2008 Earth Hazards and systems Internal report OR/08/049 British Geological Survey 20 March 2015 The historian Matthew Paris did not report it as being felt in London. His history records show that the first major earthquake in England since 1133 was the one of 13 February 1247. Damage There are reports of complete villages being totally demolished, including the villages of Raleigh and Danethorpe.See List of lost settlements in the United Kingdom. The hamlet of Grimston, now referred to as Wellow, may also have suffered damage, but that is debatable as the land was used for expansion of Rufford Abbey, and there is confusion as to what actually happened to the small hamlet. Masonry houses were knocked down completely, which indicates an intensity of more than VII EMS at certain locations. Ralph of Diceto reported in writings done in London that it struck in northern England and that "in some places buildings were destroyed". There are also reports that stones were split ("petrae enim scissae sunt"); stone houses were knocked down; and that parts of Lincoln Cathedral were brought down.Owen 1994 120 The damage to Lincoln cathedral has been a controversial issue because it cannot be determined to what extent the earthquake damaged it and what parts fell on their own due to poor construction. The city of Lincoln was reported to have been damaged by the earthquake.http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp87-95 A Topographical Dictionary of England S. Lewis, University of London London 2014 1848 87–95 British History Online – Limington to Lineham 20 March 2015 See also List of earthquakes in the British Isles List of historical earthquakes References Notes upper-alpha Citations Bibliography Owen Dorothy Dorothy Owen A History of Lincoln Minster https://books.google.com/books?id=K5JOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR6 1994 Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press, CUP Archive 978-0-521-25429-8 Further reading Annales monasterii de Waverleia (A.D. 1–1291), p. 243 in Annales Monastici Vol. II / ed. Henry Richards Luard Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores; 36.) (London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865) Annales monasterii de Bermundeseia (A.D. 1042–1432), p. 446 in Annales Monastici Vol. III / ed. Henry Richards Luard. (Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores; 36.) (London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1866) Annales prioratus de Wigornia (A.D. 1–1377), p. 385, in Annales Monastici Vol. IV / ed. Henry Richards Luard. (Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores; 36.) (London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1869) Memoriale Fratis Walteris de Coventria, Pars secunda: Annales Angliae, p. 336, in Annales Monastici Vol. III / ed. Henry Richards Luard (Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores; 36.) (London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864–1869) Annales Prioratus de Dunstaplia (A.D. 1 -1297), p. 23, in Annales Monastici Vol. III / ed. Henry Richards Luard. (Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores; 36.) (London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1866) Category:Geology of the United Kingdom Category:12th century in England 1185 Category:12th-century earthquakes Category:1185 in England Category:East Midlands