The Earthquake Investigation Committee 

 Catalogue of Japanese Earthquakes. 



SUPERINTENDED BY THE LATE 

 Prof. S. Sekiya. 



PREFACE. 



The Earthquake Investigation committee instituted in 1893 

 the compilation of facts relating to earthquakes in Japan, and 

 the work was superintended by Prof. S. Sekiya with great zeal 

 and ability, although he was all the time suffering from bad 

 health. It is extremely to be regretted that this distinguish- 

 ed scientist, who did so much for seismolgy, did not live 

 to finish the undertaking, his death having taken place in 

 January 1895. The collection of earthquake literature, carried 

 on by Mr. M. Tayama, was, however, steadily continued and is 

 now gradually approaching completion. The following Catalogue, 

 which has been compiled from 427 different kinds of Japanese 

 histories, monograghs, and unpublished original chronicles and 

 journals, gives the dates, districts and intensities of 1898 earth- 

 quakes^ in Japan during the 14Ô1 years between 416 and 1867, 

 and is to ])e regarded as a kind of table of contents to the 

 complete compilation of detailed accounts of Japanese earthquakes 



])Cünnting as only one each great earthquake and its after-shocks. 



