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Earthquake breaks chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar
- When
- 8 February 1761
- Where
- Limehouse and Poplar, London
- Part of
- London Earthquakes of 1761
An earthquake in London on 8 February 1761 broke chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar, the documented damage being confined to those districts.
The source's chronology for 1761 records that on 8 February an earthquake in London broke chimneys in Limehouse and Poplar. Chimney damage is the only effect stated; the passage gives no magnitude, duration, casualties, or wider structural consequences, and no geological interpretation is supplied.
Sources
- 1761 in Great Britain Wikipedia
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