caa a22 4500 386401691 CHVBK 20180307112201.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198911 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0016756800006981 doi S0016756800006981 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0016756800006981 Musson R. M. W. Natural Environment Research Council, British Geological Survey, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, U.K. Accuracy of historical earthquake locations in Britain [Elektronische Daten] [R. M. W. Musson] If historical earthquake data are to be used in studies of regional seismotectonics, it is essential to include information on likely locational uncertainty. Contributory factors include both geophysical parameters and the social environment of the event. A reconstruction of how a recent earthquake might have appeared had it occurred 300 years ago is used to demonstrate the effects of documentary survival. Limits of uncertainty are estimated for two historical earthquakes (7 October 1690 and 28 November 1880) and shown to be large. It is recommended that such events should be shown on epicentral maps as areas rather than points. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Geological Magazine Cambridge University Press 126/6(1989-11), 685-689 0016-7568 126:6<685 1989 126 GEO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800006981 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800006981 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Musson R. M. W. Natural Environment Research Council, British Geological Survey, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA, U.K NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Geological Magazine Cambridge University Press 126/6(1989-11), 685-689 0016-7568 126:6<685 1989 126 GEO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge