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The tremor began at around 1:30 am on 7 June 1931 with its epicentre located at the Dogger Bank, 60 miles (97 km) off the Yorkshire coast in the North Sea. The effects were felt throughout Great Britain as well as in Belgium and France. [3] The earthquake resulted in damage at locations throughout eastern England.
The 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake took place below the bank, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale and was the largest earthquake ever recorded in the United Kingdom. Its hypocentre was 23 kilometres (14 mi) beneath the bank, and the quake was felt in countries all around the North Sea, causing damage across eastern England.
3 May 1931 Manchester, England 53.50 −2.35 VII 3.7 Small but damaging earthquake [2] [5] 7 June 1931 Dogger Bank, North Sea 54.08 1.50 VII 6.1 Strongest recorded instrumentally. See 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake. [2] [5] 16 July 1940 Kilsyth, Scotland 56.00 −4.00 VII–VIII 3.7 House gable collapsed at Carronbridge [2] [5] 12 December 1940
In a stark contrast to 1930, many large and destructive earthquakes occurred during 1931. The largest and deadliest event was the magnitude 7.9 earthquake which caused major devastation to China in August. New Zealand saw its worst natural disaster in February. Iran and Nicaragua had many
On Friday, at 10:26 a.m., a magnitude 3.6 earthquake — down from an original estimate of 3.8 — occurred with an epicenter just north of the Ojai Valley, causing weak shaking to be felt from ...
March 31, 1931: 10:23 local time Managua, Nicaragua see 1931 Nicaragua earthquake: 12.57 87.45 2,450 6.1 M w City destroyed. – April 27, 1931: 16:50 UTC Zangezur Mountains see 1931 Zangezur earthquake: 39.2 46.0 2,890 6.5 M w [32] June 7, 1931: 00:25 offshore, Yorkshire, North Sea, United Kingdom see 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake: 54 1.48 6.1
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake was reported off the coast of Northern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter of the "strong" quake was off the coast ...
A full fault rupture, estimated to be around a 7.5 magnitude, could kill between 3,000 and 18,000 people, according to US Geological Survey and Southern California Earthquake Center.