Earthquakes of the South of England. West, Ian M. Earthquakes of the of the south of England. Please use this forum to air your views on the negative things you feel that need to be aired and leave the chatbox for the happier times. It is good to see the old gal again! Good job on the Web site. Brian Stancil QM2(SS) My name is Jennifer Rodriguez, Ralph Carr's daughter. He does not have a computer. Preparing for the Invasion 'Everything indicates that the enemy will launch an offensive against the western front of Europe, at the latest in the spring, perhaps. This is an edited PermaThread Henry Hudson 1570(?) -1611(?) Henry Hudson's Third Voyage 1609: The New World. Good Morning England est un film r. Synopsis : Carl vient de se faire renvoyer du lyc Version: 2. 8th July 2. See also the notable published works which cover the subject, such as. Mallet (1. 85. 8) and Davison (1. Introduction - Robert J Morgan is the teaching pastor at Donelson Fellowship in Nashville, Tennessee and is well known for expository messages that are rich in. BELINDA BY MARIA EDGEWORTH LONDON: J. JOHNSON, 1810 Reprinted London: Pandora Press, 1986. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. Sailor Ishmael tells the. The latest news, breaking news and current news at Mirror.co.uk. Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you. See also British Geological Survey publications and webpages such as. What is Earthquake Magnitude? There has to be a correction for distance of the seismometer from the focus of the earthquake, and certain types of waves are used for measurement. The technicalities are not discussed here. The BGS uses the Richter Local Magnitude, abreviated to ML for British earthquakes. Because of the use of a logorithic scale, a magnitude 6 ML is 3. ML. See the BGS webpage for more details. The earthquakes of this region are rarely worse than 4 ML, but they have been exceptions. Southern England is not a location of major plate tectonics and it only shows some limited activity in terms of fault movement at the present time. They can also occur further west. A notable area for mostly minor earthquakes is the region of Chichester (and adjacent Portsmouth) and the emphasis is on this region because the associated webpages are on the Wessex Coast. Good Morning England-the Boat That Rocked 2009Since Davison's records are used here, it is necessary to explain his scheme. With principal earthquakes every 2. Davison, 1. 92. 4). There has been one, known, very probable case of oil and gas escape from the local oilfields of the Chichester area (see below). They are usually small events of 3 to 4 magnitude, but there are occasional more severe quakes up to very strong, intensity 7 (1. Chichester and affecting Brighton to Bridport). There is even the possibility of an historic Chichester earthquake causing more than one fatality. Generally the earthquakes did little more than made a noise and shook the ground. Occasionally they probably broke chimneys and caused damaging to weakly- constructed buildings. There seems to be no record of a severe earthquake though in the 5. Chichester. With the Dover region, it is one of the main earthquake localities on the south coast of England. The earthquakes have been attributed to minor re- activation on a deep north- south strike- slip fault, which is the eastern termination of the Isle of Wight type of structures, and may be linked southward to the Massif Central of France. This is reasonable but details are not yet clear, however. Damage from these relatively minor earthquakes at Chichester has not been severe. Of course, a rather larger earthquake here is not impossible. Chichester Cathedral has been present for a short while in geological terms, only about 1. These earthquakes were studied by an unofficial committee in Chichester, of which Mr. Gruggen was secretary. The report which he drew up was communicated to the Royal Society, but only a very brief summary was published . The original report is preserved in the Archives of the Royal Society, but there are extracts from it in. Davison, 1. 92. 4. Of considerable value in itself, it is interesting as the first report of a committee instituted for the study of British earthquakes. It has commented briefly regarding the Chichester area as follows, in a webpage - . Seismicity and Earthquake Hazard in the UK. The former produced a swarm- like series of small, high- intensity earthquakes in the 1. Some of these are the effects of movements in the English Channel to the south. The listing below is an attempt to collate some data with regard to Chichester, but also to see these local earthquakes in a broader perspective. Thus other earthquakes that have affected southern England are included. The list is not comprehensive. South coast tsunamis are also discussed. They occur about every couple of years and cause little more than a rattle of ornaments in a house. Very rarely, perhaps once in 5. Chichester is situated near a north- south fault system deep beneath the English Channel. Details of this will be discussed further down in this account . A record of known earthquakes in the Chichester area, with some notes on the effects, is given below. These are referred to in the style of - . Some are listed by Davison are according to his own scheme, and do not relate to a modern system. They are listed here as . Wherever possible use the BGS magnitude system. These earthquakes were studied by an unofficial committee in Chichester, of which Mr. Gruggen was secretary. The report which he drew up was communicated to the Royal Society, but only a very brief summary was published (Roy. Of considerable value in itself, it is interesting as the first report of a committee instituted for the study of British earthquakes. Accompanied by subterranean noise. Throughout England, and elsewhere. Throughout all England. Cathedral partially destroyed by fire in 1. October 1st, middle of the night. A tsunami hit the coasts of England and the Netherlands. No land shock was felt. Before the rising of the sun. The River Thames dried up so that it could be passed dryshod. Especially in England, Calabria and Sicily. In England houses were thrown down, and in Calabria and Sicily many towns ruined. Michael's on the Mount, the church on Glastonbury Tor). Unconfirmed as a Chichester earthquake but quite possible. Musson (2. 00. 7). Michael's on the Mount which is the name of the church on Glastonbury Tor. But putting an epicentre in Somerset (as in Ambraseys and Melville, 1. Damage to one very anomalous construction perched on a steep hill is not indicative that the earthquake source was nearby. Musson (1. 99. 4) suggested a possible epicentre near Chichester on the basis of what is stated concerning places where the earthquake was felt. The annals of Osney (Luard, 1. British earthquake. September 2. 9th, Between 1 and 2 am. Preceded by a dreadful tempest. Kitchen utensils and other moveables were thrown from their places. This is the northern edge of the Weald. It was probably reactivation of a northern Weald boundary fault. An earthquake felt at different places, but especially at Southsea (seafront region south to Portsmouth), between Easter and Whitsuntide (Davison, 1. York, Worchester, Gloucester, Bristol, Hereford, and the neighbouring counties. At Tewkesbury and some other places plates and books were thrown from their places. The who were on their knees in the chapel of Norton were almost all thrown down. A part of Ruthin Castle was ruined and the bell in the market town of Denbigh sounded two strokes. In Mallet (1. 85. But Dover Sraits Earthquake. List of Earthquakes.. April 6th 1. 58. 0. Throughout England, especially at London, Dover, and the whole of Kent. Also in France at Boulogne, Calais, Paris, etc.; in Belgium at Brussels, Malines, Cologne etc. Most violent in England. At London and environs the earthquake lasted about one minute. Two other lighter shocks were felt throughout Kent, namely at 9 and 1. The same happened at Dover. The great bells of Winchester and other places were made to sound. Portions of several buildings and many chimneys were thrown down in London. The heavens were serene and the air quite tranquil. Giant waves were reported at the time and hundreds of people were killed when ships were sunk by the waves and the low- lying coastal land around Calais was inundated by the sea. In Dover, part of the chalk cliff collapsed, taking with it part of Dover Castle. A contemporary French account states “in the city of Calais such a horrible and terrible earthquake came to pass that a great part of the houses fell, and even the sea overflowed into the city and did ruin and drown a great number of houses, and numerous persons perished, and a great multitude of beasts lost which were at pasture outside this city.” In recent years, it has been suggested that these waves were a tsunami and not seiches. It is unlikely that the earthquake alone was strong enough to rupture the sea bed to trigger a tsunami, but it appears to have been sufficiently powerful to have caused an undersea landslide that was capable of generating a tsunami.. County of Kent, especially Ashford. Also in the Netherlands as far as Cologne. Shocks - very considerable. Chichester Major Earthquake causing great damage (and apparently releasing gases). Several shocks causing great damage at Chichester. It was accompanied by the smell of pitch and sulphur. The atmosphere was obscured . Beckett., 1. 93. 1 - Periodicals. See also the webpage by Chris Chatfield. The Gallery of Natural Phenomena. The earth, the sea, the sky - and beyond. Chris Chatfield's Cabinet of Curiosities. Author - christopherchatfield@gmail. Comment: Methane and hydrogen sulphide may have been released on a large scale from the extensive marshes and harbours of the Solent estuaries in the Chichester area. This is probably the cause of the smell of pitch and sulphur and the cloud. It is well- known that earthquakes can release methane from deep oceans (see for example: Earthquakes Contribute to Global Warming by Releasing Methane from Ocean Floor. Science World Report, July 2. There seems to be no reason why this should not happen from the extensive muds of the salt marshes and shallow sediments of the large estuarine system, adjacent to the main surface location affected by a major earthquake. These are near Chicester. For example, Singleton oilfield is about 1. Markwell's Wood oilfield is only 1. Chichester Cathedral. There are other oilfields in the region. However, the major faults of the oilfields are Late Cimmerian and therefore do not normally continue to the surface. They end beneath the Gault unconformity and do not normally continue up through the Chalk. It is not impossible that some faults have not been reactivated in Tertiary times and they might provide a pathway. The estuarine marsh methane explanation seems a simpler and more likely explanation, though. Oxford, Belchington, Stanton, Coventry, Brill, etc. At the same time in Hungary. On the coasts of the English Channel and the German Ocean . Malo, Havre, Calais, Dunkirk and as far as Antwerp. Oxford and the neighbourhood. Also felt at Burford, Watlington, Brill and other places in Berkshire.
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