What the records say
- When
- 6 Apr 1580
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- Where
- Uk
- Coordinates
- 51.06° N, 1.60° E
- Depth km
- 22
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1580 Dover Straits earthquake
Magnitude 5 earthquake affecting England and France
Though severe earthquakes in Britain and northern France are rare, the 1580 Dover Straits earthquake appears to have been one of the largest in the recorded history of England, Flanders or northern France. Its effects started to be felt in London at around six o'clock in the evening of 6 April 1580, being Wednesday in the Easter week.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- EPICA v1.1, European preinstrumental earthquakes 1000–1899 (Rovida & Antonucci 2021)INGV · names it “Earthquake — Dover Straits”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Dover Straits earthquake occurs”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “séisme dans le pas de Calais”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page