]4 OLDHAM: CATALOGUE OP INDIAN EARTHQUAKES. 



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]!Sly. June 16th. — this tract, about 5 miles, a long low ridge or swell of 



— cont'd. perhaps 15 miles in width, was said to have been raised 



and to extend 50 miles east and west. It passed imme- 

 diately across the channel of the Indus. The natives 

 called this the Allah Bund, or Mound of God. The 

 elevation was nowhere more than 10 feet. It was after- 

 wards cut through by the Indus, and was found to be 

 composed of clay with imbedded shells. In the Runn of 

 Cutch, numerous jets of blackish, muddy water were 

 throwu out from fissures, and cones of sand, 6 and 8 

 feet high, were thrown up. — Trans. Lit. Soc, Bombay, 

 iii, 90 ; Burnes' Travels, vol. i ; Lyell's Principles of 

 Geology. 

 The details of this earthquake have been so often quoted, 

 and with such exaggeration of statement, that I would 

 advise those who desire to investigate the facts to resort 

 to the original authorities. 



1819. June 17th, 18th, Shocks continued to be felt at intervals, but none serious. 



19th. 



„ June 20th. — On this day the hill Denodur is said to have burst into vol- 



canic actiou, and the shocks immediately ceased. (Recent 

 examination could find no trace of volcanic action in this 

 hill. — See Mem. Geol. Survey, India, vi, 25.) 

 The shock of 16th is stated to have been felt very sharply 

 also at Pondicherry, Pulicat, Coiinbatore, but this is most 

 probably a different earthquake — MacMurdo, Trans. 

 Lit. Soc, Bombay. Also sensibly felt in Nepal, and 

 Khatmandu, &c. — Asiat. Jour., ix. 



„ August 3rd. — Tirhoot. — Pelt in different parts, not severe. — Ibid., ix, 

 384 (1820). 



1820. January 27th. — Bhooj. — Accompanied by a loud noise like thunder. — 



Cutch. Trans. Lit. Soc, Bombay, iii, 90. 

 „ November 13th. — Bhooj. — Several slight shocks. — Asiat. Jour., xi, 628, 



(1821.) 

 „ December 31st. — Nellore. — Pirst shock at times stated, then undulatory 

 9-26 P.M. motion followed by a second shock, more violent than the 



first, and longer : duration altogether about 3| minutes ; 



supposed to be from north to south, from the swinging 



of pictures on the walls. — Asiat. Jour., xii, 88, (1821). 

 „ December 31st. — Noakally.— Felt also here. — Ibid. 



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