1906 Swansea earthquake

Earthquake in Wales on 27 June 1906 October 2024 1906 Swansea earthquake 27 June 1906 09:45 1906-06-27 09:45 n/a n/a United Kingdom Unknown 5.2 l y 51.62 -3.81 inline, titlehttp://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/historical/query_eq/ UK Historical Earthquake Database British Geological Survey 15 March 2018 England Wales VIINotes on individual earthquakes http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm British Geological Survey 8 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110516173115/http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm 16 May 2011 Three injured en-UK The 1906 Swansea earthquake hit near the town of Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales on 27 June. It was one of the most damaging to hit Britain during the twentieth century, with a small area reaching an intensity of VII on the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale. Location, date and time At 9.45am on 27 June 1906, a powerful earth tremor was felt across much of South Wales, its epicentre being placed just offshore of Port Talbot. The quake, which struck just a few weeks after the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake, was felt as far afield as Ilfracombe, Birmingham and southwest Ireland.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/5118034.stm BBC News The day an earthquake hit Swansea 27 June 2006 Cause Swansea is located near the southwestern ends of two major fault structures; the Neath Disturbance and the Swansea Valley Disturbance, movement on either of which or on any of several adjoining faults may have caused the quake. Magnitude The magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 5.2 on the Richter scale. Impact The earthquake was felt by many people, though recorded injuries were minimal: a young man, Thomas Westbury, and a three-year-old boy, Thomas Lewis, were hit by falling bricks and a girl was injured by the toppling of tin plates at Cwmavon. Reports told of bricks falling from chimneys across the cityhttp://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=13128 Swansea's earthquake remembered City and County of Swansea 7 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112232839/http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=13128 12 January 2012 dead and the Mumbles lighthouse "rocked on its foundations."https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18524354 After 1906 Swansea earthquake, is Wales due another? James McLaren BBC News 27 June 2012 27 June 2012 See also List of earthquakes in 1906 List of earthquakes in the British Isles References Further reading 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1907.063.01-04.25 The Swansea Earthquake of June 27th, 1906 1907 Davison C. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 63 1–4 351–NP 130838399 10.1038/074225b0 The Earthquake in South Wales 1906 Davison Charles Nature 74 1914 225–226 1906Natur..74R.225D 4059776 free External links Residents feel shaking in quake – BBC News 1906 Swansea Swansea Swansea Swansea Category:20th century in Swansea Swansea earthquake