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Though severe earthquakes in the north of France and Britain are rare, [2] the 1580 Dover Straits earthquake appears to have been one of the largest in the recorded history of England, Flanders or northern France. Its effects started to be felt in London at around six o'clock in the evening of 6 April 1580, being Wednesday in the Easter week.
The 1382 Dover Straits earthquake occurred at 15:00 on 21 May. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.0 M s and a maximum felt intensity of VII–VIII on the Mercalli intensity scale . [ 3 ] Based on contemporary reports of damage, the epicentre is thought to have been in the Strait of Dover .
Felt in London (MMVI) and lent its name to the "Earthquake Synod". See 1382 Dover Straits earthquake [2] 28 December 1480 Norwich, England VIII Severe damage reported affecting a wide area [2] [5] 6 April 1580 Strait of Dover, England 51.06 1.60 VII–VIII ~5.8 See Dover Straits earthquake of 1580 [2] 11 April 1650 Cumberland, England 54.98 −2.78
According to the U.S. Geological Survey [U.S.G.S.], a 2.1 magnitude earthquake with a depth of 5.0 km rattled parts of Central Virginia around 10:46 p.m. on Monday, April 8.
Both an earthquake and sonic boom shook parts of the Treasure Coast Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.. About three hours apart, the magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck at about 10:48 p.m ...
Sep. 25—Another earthquake shook Stephens County on Sunday night and multiple residents in the Duncan area reported feeling it. Sunday, Sept. 24's earthquake happened around 7:40 p.m. and ...
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based earthquake warning systems [3] — they rely mainly ...
Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [1] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [2] which is complete to December 2005. From January 2006, earthquake locations are from the United States Geological Survey 's Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE) [ 3 ] monthly listing.