The 1906 Swansea earthquake hit near the town of Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales on 27 June. It was one of the most damaging to hit Britain during the twentieth century, with a small area reaching an intensity of VII on the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale.
The 1906Swanseaearthquake hit near the town of Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales on 27 June. It was one of the most damaging to hit Britain during the twentieth...
1884 1892 1896 1901 1903 1906 1916 1924 1926 1931 1931 1940 1940 1944 1957 1984 2008 The following is a list of notable earthquakes that have affected the...
been seismic activity at the time which had culminated in the 1906Swanseaearthquake; lights had been seen at Toppenish ridge in the US, in the Cascade...
King's daughter Maud is crowned as queen consort of Norway. 27 June – Swanseaearthquake causes considerable damage. 30 June – Salisbury rail crash: a London...
brought up mainly in Swansea. His birth coincided with slight earth tremors; another baby born that night was christened John Earthquake Jones. His parents...
Swansea, UK: Classical Press of Wales. Hodkinson, Stephen; Gallou, Chrysanthi, eds. (2021). Luxury and wealth in Sparta and the Peloponnese. Swansea:...
several clubs, most prominently Watford Tom Carroll (1992–), played for Swansea City Jack Collison (1988–), former West Ham United and Wales footballer...
Weapon" by Deep Purple "Drunk in San Francisco" by San Quinn & Tuf Luv "Earthquake Weather" by All Bets Off "East Bay Night" by Rancid "El Cerrito" by Cracker...
is elected unopposed. 27 June - One of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the UK strikes Swansea with a strength of 5.2 on the Richter Scale, damaging...
500 Wales Cardiff City Stadium 26,828 Cardiff City Liberty Stadium 20,520 Swansea City Racecourse Ground 15,500 Wrexham Park Avenue 5,500 Aberystwyth...
November 1919 until July 1945. Concurrently – Walter Runciman, MP for Swansea West 1924–1929 and Hilda Runciman, MP for St Ives 1928–1929. She relinquished...
This sailing barge departed Falmouth, Cornwall, England with a cargo of Swansea coal bound for Saint-Brieuc, France. Two days later she was discovered...
the coast of Chile. While there, he observed unique flora and fauna, an earthquake, and encountered local legends. One such legend involved the Caleuche...
Relations: a Narrative and Analytic History, From the Fourth Century to 146 BC. Swansea: The Classical Press of Wales, 2017. Lewis, D. M., John Boardman, and Simon...
Vol II, 1906: "Regular Trans-Pacific Service" p.28, accessed 1 January 2010 Annual Reports of the War Department, Vol I, 1906: "EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA"...
first wife of Henry Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea and Mother of Ernest Ambrose Vivian, p Come here 2nd Baron Swansea Lady Katherine Manners (1848), wife of...
it. The following autumn, Wheatstone performed a similar experiment in Swansea Bay. A good insulator to cover the wire and prevent the electric current...
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of early engines are the tramway locomotive The Pioneer of 1877 for the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, and Belmont (an 0-4-2 saddle tank), which ran on the...
her to deliver the Speech from the Throne. March 4 – The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in the Vrancea Mountains of Romania kills over 1,500 people. March 8 –...
The list of shipwrecks in 1906 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1906. Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation...
Brighton, scoring 30 goals in 106 league matches. He was transferred to Swansea City in 2006 and had a loan spell with Barnsley before joining Milton Keynes...
becomes a city". BBC Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2019. "The day an earthquake hit Swansea". BBC News. 27 June 2006. Retrieved 18 March 2019. "Freedom of Information"...
(2006), Spartan Education: Youth and Society in the Classical Period, Swansea: Classical Press of Wales, ISBN 978-1-905125-07-4 Fantham, Elaine; Foley...
used as a coal hulk from 1869 and sold in 1906. His Majesty's Hired armed cutter Swan HMAS Swan HMCS Swansea (K328) HMS Black Swan (L57) HMS Swanston HMS Wild...
electric line from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, begun in 1905. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake crippled the project, and the portion between Tunitas Glen (at...
nearly two years for an appendicitis operation. 1933 – The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area, leaving around 108 people dead....
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