What the records say
- When
- 7 Jun 1931
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Where
- Uk
- Coordinates
- 54.00° N, 1.07° E
- Intensity mmi
- 8
- Depth km
- 70
1931 Dogger Bank earthquake
Earthquake in the North Sea in June 1931
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 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.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “the Dogger Bank earthquake is felt across Britain”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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