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1931 Dogger Bank earthquake

Earthquake in the North Sea in June 1931

Field	Value
title	1931 Dogger Bank earthquake
timestamp	1931-06-07 00:25:13
isc-event	906812
anss-url	iscgem906812
local-date
local-time	01:30
map2	{{Location map	England#United Kingdom
relief	1
lat	54.08
long	1.50
mark	Bullseye1.png
marksize	50
position	top
width	260
float	right
magnitude	6.1
location
countries affected	United Kingdom
tsunami	Yes
intensity
casualties	1 dead (indirect)
engvar	en-UK

| isc-event = 906812 | anss-url = iscgem906812 | local-date = | local-time = 01:30 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 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 off the Yorkshire coast in the North Sea. The effects were felt throughout Great Britain as well as in Belgium and France. 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.

Tsunami

A small nondestructive tsunami wave was reported to have hit the east coast of England and other countries around the North Sea.

References

"Historical Earthquakes Listing". [[British Geological Survey]].
"UK Historical Earthquake Database". British Geological Survey.
(8 June 1931). "All Britain Shaken by an Earthquake". [[The Northern Echo]].
Hough, Andrew. (10 September 2010). "Police given earthquake training for 'extremely unlikely crisis'". The Daily Telegraph.
Davies, Carey. (29 November 2012). "Earthquake hits the Lake District". [[TGO Magazine]].
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140425180447/http://www.naturalsciences.be/active/sciencenews/archive2005/tsunami Naturalsciences.be: A tsunami in Belgium?] (26 July 2013, archived at [[Internet Archive]] 25 April 2014)

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