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damaged towns and villages. This valley and the Legens Valley have 

 subsided from 2 to 6 feet. The railway line between Aidin and Omourlou 

 was raised fully one yard. 



373. From 'Nature,' January 25, 1900, we learn that the earthquakes 

 of December 31 destroyed many houses at Akhalkalaki (Transcaucasia). 

 Here and in ten neighbouring villages over 200 people perished. At the 

 Tiflis Physical Observatory the following observations were made. In 

 Greenwich mean time the first shock was at lOh. 51 •4m. It was severe 

 in the hilly part of the city, on the right bank of the river Kura. The 

 second shock was feeble and noted at 13h. 39"5m. The third shock was 

 not noted by the seismograph at the observatory on the left bank of the 

 Kura, but was noted at 17h. 45m. on the right bank. At Kalagelan the 

 first was observed at lOh. 49m., and at Sviri and Zugdidi at llh. 23m. 

 The latter places are on the Kars Railway. At the railway stations, 

 Abasturaan and Kobi, the times were 13h. 51m. and llh. 2ra. 



