ON THE VOLCANIC PHENOMENA OF JAPAN. 



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In many respects the relationship of earthquakes to volcanoes was the 

 same as in the previous years; as, for example, in Central Japan, where 

 there are many volcanoes and many earthquakes, the earthquakes have 

 not originated from the volcanoes. Again in the Kii peninsula, where 

 there are no volcanoes, earthquakes were frequent. In other districts 

 there are many volcanoes and comparatively few earthquakes. 



(c) Distribution of Earthquakes in Time. — The number of earthquakes 

 which occurred in diflPerent months and seasons will be seen from the 



following table :- 



January 

 February 

 March 

 April . 

 IWay . 

 June . 



38-) 



39 ; Spring, 126. 



49 J 



SB"! 



58 ^Summer, 126. 

 30 J 

 Cold months, 223. 



361 



46 Autumn, 123. 



41 J 



July . 

 August 

 September 

 October 



November . . ^^ > 

 December . • 42j 

 Hot months, 249. 



The distribution of earthquakes, according to the hours of the day, 

 during 1885 and 1886 is shown in the following table: — 



. 33-1 



22 I 



Winter, 97. 



