The enigmatic Bala earthquake of 1974

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Oct 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006a%26g....47e..11m&link_type=abstract

Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 47, Issue 5, pp. 5.11-5.15.

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The earthquake that shook most of North Wales on the night of 23 January 1974 appears unremarkable from its entry in the UK earthquake catalogue. With a magnitude of 3.5 ML it represents the size of earthquake to be expected in the UK with a return period of about one year. However, the prominent atmospheric lights observed at the time of the shock led to speculation that an aircraft had crashed, and search-and-rescue teams were deployed. Since nothing was discovered, it was concluded that a meteorite was responsible; more imaginative members of the public decided (and still believe) that a UFO had crashed. In this paper the record of events is set out, and the nature of the earthquake is discussed with reference to its geological setting.

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