diff --git a/scripts/mkGeolocationTable.py b/scripts/mkGeolocationTable.py
index 73d7c23..fd2a891 100755
--- a/scripts/mkGeolocationTable.py
+++ b/scripts/mkGeolocationTable.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def mkGeolocationTable(file=''):
     import warnings
     import urllib2 as URL
     import json as JSON
-    
+
     # constants
     namespaces = {'sc3': 'http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/ns/seiscomp3-schema/0.7',
         'qml': 'http://quakeml.org/xmlns/bed/1.2'}
@@ -81,12 +81,22 @@ def mkGeolocationTable(file=''):
             response = URL.urlopen(url)
             if ( response.msg == 'OK' ):
                 data = JSON.loads(response.read())
+                city = []
                 try:
                     try:
                         city = data['address']['city']
                     except:
-                        warnings.warn('Using county instead of city for event {0} at {1} N / {2} E (URL: {3})'.format(publicID, lat, lng, url))
-                        city = data['address']['county']
+                        warnings.warn('Request {3} for event {0} at {1} N / {2} E did not provide city attribute\n\t(Response: {4})'.format(publicID, lat, lng, url, data))
+                        try:
+                            city = data['address']['town']
+                            warnings.warn('Using attribute town ({1}) for event {0}'.format(publicID, city))
+                        except:
+                            try:
+                                city = data['address']['county']
+                                warnings.warn('Using attribute county ({1}) for event {0}'.format(publicID, city))
+                            except:
+                                warnings.warn('Skipping event')
+                                continue
                     countryCode = data['address']['country_code'].upper()
                     if ( countryCode == 'DE' ):
                         geolocationTable[publicID] = city.encode('utf-8')