The 18 September 1692 Earthquake in the Belgian Ardenne and Its Aftershocks - Historical Seismology: Interdisciplinary Studies of Past and Recent Earthquakes - page 208

Ta b l e 1 (continued)
CITY Country Imin Imax Lat N Long E
BROOMFIELD UK M 51,7667 0,4667
BUCKDEN UK M 52,2830 -0,2500
CAMBRIDGE UK M 52,2000 0,1100
CHATHAM UK M 51,3833 0,5333
COGGESHALL UK M 51,8667 0,6833
DEPTFORD UK M 51,4833 -0,0333
DOVER UK M 51,1200 1,3000
ELY UK M 52,4000 0,2667
ENFIELD UK M 51,6667 -0,0667
EPSOM UK M 51,3333 0,2667
HATFIELD UK M 51,7667 -0,1667
IPSWICH UK M 52,0667 1,1667
KENSINGTON UK M 51,4833 -0,1833
MANNINGTREE UK M 51,9500 1,0667
NORWICH UK M 52,6333 1,3000
OXFORD UK M 51,7667 -1,2500
PORTHTMOUTH UK M 50,8000 -1,0900
RYE UK M 50,9500 0,7330
SAINT-ALBANS UK M 51,7500 -0,3333
SHEERNESS UK M 51,4400 0,7500
TWINEHAM UK M 50,9500 -0,2167
WESTMINSTER UK M 51,4980 -0,1290
WITHAM UK M 51,8000 0,6400
Countries: B = Belgium; NL = The Netherlands; F= France; LU = Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;
UK = United Kingdom
Imin: Minimal EMS-98 intensity based on historical texts. M = Event only mentioned without any
details.
Imax = Maximal EMS-98 intensity based on historical texts.

2 Intensity in the Epicentral Area

In the epicentral area, substantial to heavy damage and sometimes complete destruc-
tion are described as a matter of fact for large buildings (castles and churches) and
for houses. The ground shaking also appeared as violently felt by the people and it
produced effects on the environment. From many sources reporting about the earth-
quake, it appears possible to classify the effects of the earthquake and to suggest
ranges of intensity values on the EMS-98 macroseismic scale (Grunthal ed. 1998).
For the most affected villages (Fig. 4), the descriptions mention that some num-
ber of houses was ruined with the consequence that inhabitants were injured or
died. This is the case in Herve “

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en die [Aardbeving] van voorleden Don-
derdag heeft tot Herpf in Limburgerlandt eenige Huisen omverre geworpen, en
verscheide Menschen gedoodt .” [“and the earthquake of Thursday last threw some
houses down and killed several people as far as Herve in Limbourg country”]
(Naawkeurige Beschryving van de Aardbevinge , Amsterdam 1692); Ensival ,

“ plusieurs maisons furent ecrasees ” [“several houses were flattened”] (Remy Du
Pont, Chronique); Soiron ,“ un tremblement de terre espouvantable qui a abbatu
les maisons, cheminees dont les miennes l'ont este ” [“a terrible earthquake which

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