1931 Dogger Bank earthquake

Earthquake in the North Sea in June 1931 October 2024 March 2012 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake 1931-06-07 00:25:13 906812 iscgem906812 y 1931 6 7 01:30 England#United Kingdom 6.1 L y 54.08 N 1.50 E United Kingdom Yes 7 1 dead (indirect) en-UK The Dogger Bank earthquake of 1931 is the strongest earthquake recorded in the United Kingdom since measurements began. It had a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale, and it caused a shaking intensity of VI (Strong) to VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale.http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm Historical Earthquakes Listing British Geological Survey 11 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070613072349/http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm 13 June 2007 deadhttp://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/historical/query_eq/ UK Historical Earthquake Database British Geological Survey 15 March 2018 The location of the earthquake in the North Sea meant that damage was significantly less than it would have been had the epicentre been on the British mainland. Earthquake The tremor began at around 1:30 am on 7 June 1931 with its epicentre located at the Dogger Bank, 60 mi km off the Yorkshire coast in the North Sea. The effects were felt throughout Great Britain as well as in Belgium and France.The Northern Echo 8 June 1931 1 All Britain Shaken by an Earthquake The earthquake resulted in damage at locations throughout eastern England. The coastal town of Filey in Yorkshire was worst hit, with the spire of a church being twisted by the tremor. Chimneys collapsed in Hull, Beverley and Bridlington, and Flamborough Head suffered crumbling of parts of its cliffs. It was also reported that a Hull woman died as a result of a heart attack caused by the quake. In London the head of the waxwork of Dr Crippen at Madame Tussauds fell off.Andrew Hough https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7991656/Police-given-powerful-earthquake-training-for-extremely-unlikely-crisis.html Police given earthquake training for 'extremely unlikely crisis' The Daily Telegraph 10 September 2010 Davies Carey Earthquake hits the Lake District http://www.tgomagazine.co.uk/news/outdoornews/Earthquake-hits-the-Lake-District 30 November 2012 TGO Magazine 29 November 2012 dead https://archive.today/20130505055244/http://www.tgomagazine.co.uk/news/outdoornews/Earthquake-hits-the-Lake-District 5 May 2013 Tsunami A small nondestructive tsunami wave was reported to have hit the east coast of England and other countries around the North Sea.Naturalsciences.be: A tsunami in Belgium? (26 July 2013, archived at Internet Archive 25 April 2014) See also List of earthquakes in 1931 List of earthquakes in the British Isles References Further reading H. C. Versey 1939 The North Sea Earthquake of 1931 June 7 Geophysical Journal International Wiley 4 6 416–423 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1939.tb02906.x 1939GeoJ....4..416H free External links Contemporary newspaper report (archived at the Wayback Machine) Dogger Bank Earthquake, British Geological Survey Earthquake records 906812 1931 Dogger Bank Dogger Bank 1931 Dogger Bank Category:1931 disasters in the United Kingdom Dogger Bank Category:June 1931 in the United Kingdom