1.26am; 7th of June 1931

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About 120 miles off the east coast of England in the Dogger Bank area of the North Sea at around 1.26am of the 7th of June 1931, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred. It was the largest measured earthquake to be felt in the British Isles and indeed many parts of NW continental Europe. The shock caused damage to buildings, woke thousands of people up and even split the waxwork head of Dr Crippen at Madame Tussaud's.

Here is the Times report of 8th June 1931 on the earthquake

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