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Table II. 



Number of casualties in different prefectures due to 



the earthquake of Sept. 1, 1923. 



10. Phenomena in the most severely shaken areas. Iii order to 

 obtain some concrete data on the seismic intensity, I visited the most 

 disturbed area and studied the effects of shocks on buildings, bridges, 

 short and tall columns, etc., with special reference to the direction of 

 the jirincipal earth-movements. I will give a few examples in the 

 next lines. 



In Kodu, a ver}- simple Hat wooden house *>f the ground area of 

 4m.x4m. was displaced as much as 91 cm. towards N25"E. (PI. XXIV 

 B.) In Odawara, a single-storied wooden house of the gmund area of 



