EARTHQUAKE MOTION TO OREAT DISTANCE 



undulations commenced at 23 k 49" 15*, and at 23 k 49" 31* on the N. S. 

 terminations of the diagrams were at 24 h 13" 27* and 24 k 17" 7' respectively. 



Summary of the above Times, in minutes, after 23 h . 



145 

 The 



Combining these three groups of records, and distinguishing the shocks as (1), (2), 

 (3), respectively, we get the following time intervals : 



4. JAPAN, August 31, 1896. 



According to Professor MILNE,* this earthquake had its epicentre in about N. lat. 

 39 40', E. long. 140 50'. The time of origin was 5 h 7" 9* P.M. Japan time or 

 8 h 7 9' Greenwich time. These data may be accepted as correct, so far as the 



VOL. cxciv. 



' Brit. Assoc. Rep.,' 1897, p. 162. 

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