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1843. January Sth.— Penang, Singapore, &c— At night ; very slight. Said t 

 2-30 p. m. be from east to west at Singapore ; from north to south at 



Penang. — Jour. Asiat. Soc, Beng., xiv, 605. 



„ February 6th.— Khyouk-Phyoo.— Magnificent eruption and slight quaking 

 11p.m. atEamree; lasted till 1 in the morning; said to occur 



once in ten years. — Ibid. 

 „ February 8th. — Ahmedabad. — Four shocks within eight minutes; from 



2 a.m. north-east to south-west ; slight and local. — Ibid. 



„ Before March Deccan. — A shock over the Deccan. — Ibid. 



12th. 

 ,, April 1st. — Deccan.— Widely extended: at Sholapur, preceded by a 



4-30 A. M. noise, which seemed to come from south-east and lasted two 



minutes. Walls and towns thrown down. At Maktal at 

 4h. 45m. a simple trembling, with a dead noise. At 

 Singroorgurh motion very strong, and at Shorapur ; doe3 

 not appear to have extended to Hyderabad. At Bsllary, 

 4h. 45m. a noise resembling escape of steam, increasing to 

 that of moderate thunder, with an undulatory movement 

 from south-east to north-west, shook the whole canton- 

 ment. At Karnool, a shock of some seconds, at near 5h. ; 

 noise like distant artillery from north-east ; felt also at 

 Belgaum. Hurryhur was the most southerly point at 

 which it was felt. Bellary was nearest to centre. — Ibid. 

 „ April 6th. — Upper Assam. — At Jeypur, at 8 or 9 in the evening, a strong 



8 p.m. shock, followed four or five minutes afterwards by another 



much more violent, lasting two minutes ; appeared to be 

 from east to west. AtSibsagur, about 8h. 30m., several 

 strong shocks during five minutes. At Dibrooghur at 8, 

 a strong shock from west or south-west. — Ibid. 

 April 7th.— Upper Assam. — Another shock at Jeypur and at Dibroo- 



Midnight. ghur. At lh. 15m. another shock at Sibsa*gur. — Ibid. 



„ April 11th. — Landour. — Very sharp from north to south ; lasted 30 

 8-5 Morning. seconds; extended to Hurdwar ; and also to neighbourhood 



of Delhi and Meerut.— Ibid. 

 „ May 12th. — Penang-.— A succession of waves, north-west to south-east ; 



I p. m. lasted five or six seconds. — Ibid. 



„ June 3rd. — Tit alt ah.— Foot of Sikkim Himalaya; slight shock; three 



seconds : from north-east to south-west. — Ibid. 

 „ „ 15th. — SibsAgub.— Strong and vertical.— Ibid. 



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