8 The East Anglian Earthquake.
Derbyshire. Four successive shocks, rather violent, accom-
panied by loud noise. Felt at Coventry, Derby, Nottingham,
Northampton, Grantham, Lincoln, Peterborough, Ely, &c.
Chimneys thrown down in Northampton and slight damage
at Leicester. (Phil. Trans., vol. xlvi., Appendix; Lond.
Mag., vol. xix.; Mallet, &c.)
1752. Feb. 23rd. Dartmoor and neighbourhood ; a
smart shock. Felt at Manaton, Moretonhampstead, and
Widdicombe, where houses were injured and one of the
pinnacles of the church thrown down. (Mrs. Brays' description
in ' Borders of the Tamar and Tavy,' vol. i., p. 310. Ed. 1863).
1755. July 31st, between 6 and 7 a.m. Yorkshire, Lin-
colnshire and Northamptonshire. The walls of a house at
Frodingham partly fell. Felt also at Burringham Moors,
Luddington, Rushdon and Althorp. (Lond. Mag., vol. xxiv.
Mallet, on the authority of v. Hoff, gives the date as
Aug. 1st, and only mentions Northamptonshire.)
1755. Nov. 17th, evening. Whitehaven and Irton,
Cumberland; and Herefordshire. Houses said to have been
thrown down in Herefordshire (Mallet on authority of Coll.
Acad., and v. Hoff.)
1756. Jan. 2nd, about 7 h. 30 m. p.m. West of Ireland ;
a smart shock; damage caused at Ballymore, some miles
from Tuam (Mallet, on authority of Journ. Encycl.)
1768. May 15th, 4 h. 15 m. p.m. Newcastle, Man-
chester, Darlington, Kendal, and places in Yorkshire. At
Kendal the river was much agitated and a rumbling noise
preceded shock. At Manchester walls were moved and the
flagging of a kitchen seen to heave. (Annual Register,
vol. xi.; Mallet, &c.)
1769. Middle of November. Inverness; several houses
thrown down. (Ann. Beg., vol. xii.)
1786. Aug. 11th, shortly before 2 a.m. Whitehaven,
Cockermouth, Workington, Maryport and Keswick (Cumber-
land), Cartmell (Lancashire), Lancaster, Kendal, Newcastle,
Glasgow, Carlisle, Aberdeen, Isle of Man and Dublin.
Buildings damaged, chimneys thrown down, people thrown
off their feet, and birds from their perches. At New-
castle two shocks; at Whitehaven several. Usual noise
heard preceding shock. (Gent. Mag. vol. lvii.; Ann. Beg.,
vol. xxix.; Phil. Trans., vol. lxxvii.; Mallet, &c.)
1790. Feb. 27th, 4 a.m. Ormside, Westmoreland.
Violent shock and loud explosion; two fissures formed, one
200 feet long and very deep, into which houses and cattle
sunk. Probably a landslip. (Gent. Mag., vol. lx.; Mallet, &c.)
1792. March 2nd, about 8 h. 40 m. p.m. Counties of