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 NY30
NY30: earthquake 18670223 0115
locality:-   Great Langdale
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   earthquake epicentre
locality type:-   earthquake plus
coordinates:-   NY33850544
1Km square:-   NY3305
10Km square:-   NY30
references:-   British Geological Survey 2010

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The shock was felt over southern part of The Lakes, but the effects were no more than displacement of domestic items. There was a fear that it was an explosion at Elterwater Gunpowder Mills.
Harriet Martineau described the event.

Musson 1994

date:-   1867
period:-   1860s
period:-   19th century, late
event:-   earthquake
 

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