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Fig. 3 Distribution of felt reports of the 8 November 1608 Comrie earthquake in relation to topog-
raphy. The dashed line indicates the “Highland Line”, which also coincides with the Highland
Boundary Fault. The only place to the north of this from which the earthquake is reported is
Aberdeen, which lies in the English-speaking lowlands east of the Gaelic-speaking Highlands.
Star indicates the position of the epicentre
Ta b l e 1 Synopsis of case studies
Date
Entry in Musson (1994)
Revised conclusion
11 August 1089
England, probably > 4ML
No change
19 September 1508
Viking Graben?
Possibly passive margin
event
20 January 1607
Not considered
Not an earthquake
1686
Not considered
Epicentre near St Kilda,
probably
>
.
3
5ML
23 May 1847
Below magnitude threshold
No change
 
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