The tremor began at around 1:30 am on 7 June 1931 with its epicentre located at the Dogger Bank, 60 miles (97 km) off the Yorkshire coast in the North Sea. "The North Sea Earthquake of 1931 June 7", United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Norway, Germany. This was the second largest Canadian earthquake ever recorded by a seismometer, after the 1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake, about 135 kilometres (84 mi) away. [5], Isle of Man, India, Canada, European Union, British Overseas Territories, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Sheffield, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Brussels, Andorra, United Kingdom, Canada, Wallonia, London, United Kingdom, Labour Party (UK), 1929 in the United Kingdom, 1930 in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Germany, Angles, Scotland, Middle Ages, England, 1884 Colchester earthquake, 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake, South Devon Railway sea wall, 1185 East Midlands earthquake, 1580 Dover Straits earthquake, 1884 Colchester earthquake, 1906 Swansea earthquake, 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake,