Northern Dales, earthquake near Swarth Fell Pike / Dover Gill Caves

[alanw]

AISGILL,CUMBRIA

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DATE	12/07/2024
ORIGIN TIME	01:58:39.6 UTC
LOCATION	54.351 -2.373
DEPTH	2 km
MAGNITUDE	1.5
LOCALITY	AISGILL, YORKSHIRE

 

[alanw]

From the Earthquake Calculator web page, a magnitude 1.5 earthquake corresponds to the detonation of 2.7kg of TNT

 

[braveduck]

AISGILL,CUMBRIA

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DATE	12/07/2024
ORIGIN TIME	01:58:39.6 UTC
LOCATION	54.351 -2.373
DEPTH	2 km
MAGNITUDE	1.5
LOCALITY	AISGILL, YORKSHIRE

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That's a bit shallow for that size of quake . Hope we are not going to get an outpouring of Lava ! You would need planning permission for that .

 

[braveduck]

Depth now been altered to 4Km .

 

[RobinGriffiths]

Probably an offshoot or sliver of the Pennine Fault which is about 3km to the west.

 

[alanw]

Another small one, about 10km NE of this one, just south of the B6270 and Birkdale Tarn

BIRKIDALE, YORKSHIRE

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DATE	30/08/2024
ORIGIN TIME	05:21:26.1 UTC
LOCATION	54.404 -2.242
DEPTH	5 km
MAGNITUDE	1.0
LOCALITY	BIRKDALE, YORKSHIRE