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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 .
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.
An elderly woman was killed after she fell down the stairs [2] [5] 30 December 1944 Skipton, England 53.86 −2.02 VII 4.8 Generally minor damage [2] [5] 11 February 1957 Derby, England 52.80 −1.33 VII 5.3 Felt across central England. Largest UK post-war earthquake until 1984, and one of the most damaging earthquakes of the twentieth century ...
7 June – the Dogger Bank earthquake is felt across Britain. [9] 9 June – submarine HMS Poseidon sinks after collision with a Chinese freighter off Weihai, China. Twenty lives are lost but a few submariners become the first to surface using the Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus. 12 June
Oct. 20—Rescuers worked night and day for six consecutive days to reach six entombed miners in the East drift of the Red Ash vein of the West End Coal Co. mine in Mocanaqua during the last week ...
The 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake caused 256 deaths. 2 people were missing. Thousands of people were injured. Property damage costs were estimated at $900 million (2010 rates). This is currently the deadliest natural disaster to strike New Zealand as of 2019. Many aftershocks followed. 256: 1,000+ 8 [22] New Zealand, off the east coast of North ...
The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black 16-year-old sent to the electric chair in 1931 and exonerated by the governor in 2022 — is suing the ...
1931 Dogger Bank earthquake; 1931 Nicaragua earthquake; See also. List of earthquakes in 1931 This page was last edited on 10 January 2019, at 02:06 (UTC). ...