Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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 NY71 |
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| NY71: earthquake 17900227 0400 | ||
| locality:- | Great Ormside | |
| civil parish:- | Ormside (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | earthquake epicentre, hoax | |
| locality type:- | earthquake plus | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7015 (approx) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY71 | |
| references:- | Haining, Peter: 1978: Great English Earthquake |
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| hearsay:- |
This is described by Peter Haining as producing two long fissures 'into which houses
and cattle sank', and that the Gentlemen's Magazine reported it with a violent shock
and explosion. I have been unable to trace the report in the Gents Mag. |
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| The earthquake report was declared to be a hoax in the Newcastle Chronicle, 13 March
1790. |
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| date:- | 1790 |
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| period:- | 18th century, late | |
| period:- | 1790s | |
| event:- | earthquake |
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