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1842. February 19th— Scarcely felt in Sind ; at Quettah inconsiderable.— Asiat- 

 — contd. Jour. All instruments disturbed violently, but mean 



positions unaltered, at Simla Observatory. — JBoileau, Brit. 

 Ass. Rep., 1845, 4. 



Shocks continued frequent until the 24th. 



For full detail, see Baird Smith, Jour. Asiat. Soc, Beng., 

 xii, 260, Sfc, 1843; see also Sale's Jellalabad ; Edinb. 

 New. Phil. Jour., xxxiv, 107; Brit.[Ass. Rep., 1845, 4; 

 Asiat. Jour., xxxviii, pt. 2, 120. 

 „ "March 3rd. — Kabul. — Severe shocks continued every day. Vincent Eyre : 



Military operations before Kabul, quoted by Baird Smith 

 — Jour. Asiat. Soc , Beng., xii, 1043. 

 „ „ 5th. — Mussoobee, Simla, N.-W. Pbovinces. — Very sharp and 



9-10 P.M. sudden ; a magnified' jarr.' Felt almost simultaneously at 



Simla, Mussooree, Deyrah, Saharunpoor, &c. Houses at 

 Landour and Deyrah injured; motion from north to south. 

 — Jour. Asiat. Soc, Beng., xii, 275 ; Asiat. Jour., 

 xxxviii, 17. 

 „ April 20th. — Kabul. — A severe shock. Vincent Eyre, &c. 

 „ May 21st. — Bengal, &c. — Slight motion from south-west to north-east. 



Between 8 and Felt at Patna, Gya, Jaunpur, Darjiling; at latter place at 

 9 p.m. 9-10 p.m. — Jour. Asiat. Soc., Beng., xii, 277. 



„ May 23rd. — Bengal, &c. — Another shock. — -Ibid. 

 „ June 4th. — KABUL — A severe shock. — Vincent Eyre, &c. 



M 10th. — KABUL. — A smart shock during the night. — Ibid. 



J5 29th. — Kabul. — A shock of earthquake. — Ibid. 



July 4th. — Near Delhi. — A violent trembling, accompanied by a rum- 



2-50 P.M. bling noise; motion appeared to be from west to east. — 

 Jour. Asiat. Soc, Beng., xii, 280. 

 „ July 21st. — Jellalabad. — Severe shock. — Ibid. 



9 P.M. 

 „ July 25th. — Delhi.— Smart, with loud rumbling noise. — Ibid. 281. 



3-45 a.m. 

 „ September 7th. — Mussoobee. — Slight ; vertical ; or from west to east ; lasted 



1-58 P.M. five seconds; occurred during a severe storm. — Ibid., 282. 



„ September 18th. — Darjiling,— Smart; apparently from north-west to south- 



4-30 a.m. east— Ibid., 282. 



,, September 26th.— Delhi.— Smart; accompanied by a tremendous rumbling ; 

 9 a.m. lasted two minutes; from west to east. — Ibid., 283. 



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