Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | NY71: earthquake 17900227 0400 | |
| parish |
Ormside parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| earthquake epicentre, hoax | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY7015
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| 10Km square:- |
NY71
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| References |
Haining, Peter: 1978: Great English Earthquake | |
| 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.
The earthquake report was declared to be a hoax in the Newcastle Chronicle, 13 March 1790. | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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