2 killed in England, "many" in France and "several" in Flanders
Though severe earthquakes in the north of France and Britain are rare,[2] the 1580 Dover Straits earthquake appears to have been one of the largest in the recorded history of England, Flanders or northern France. Its effects started to be felt in London at around six o'clock in the evening of 6 April 1580, being Wednesday in the Easter week.[3]
^British Geological Survey. "Significant British Earthquakes". Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^Mild earthquakes are quite common. Earthquakes of magnitude 5 or higher occur about every eight years, the Guardian Unlimited reports (22 October 2002) Archived 23 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^(pp. 410, Romeo and Juliet: J.B. Lippincott London & Philadelphia, 1871)
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