4D OLDHAM : CATALOGUE OF INDIAN EARTHQUAKES. 



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1858. August 24th In Punjab. — On enquiry being made, it was reported that 

 — contd. the shock was felt, but so slightly as not to have excited 



any notice. At Paneeput, Rhotuk, Jullunder, Umritsur, 

 Lahore, Jhelum, Jhung, Eawul Pindee, Peshawur, the 

 time is differently stated from 2 o'clock to 6 o'clock p.m 

 At Hissar said to have been felt at 9 a.m. I think from 

 all this we may safely conclude that the shocks of the 

 afternoon of 24th August were not felt in the Punjab. 

 In the North-West Provinces it was not felt ; the ocly place 

 where any shock is stated to have been felt about same 

 time is Mozuffernuggur, where a very slight shock is re- 

 ported about 4 o'clock p.m.; said to have been from north- 

 east to south-west. 

 Bengal. — It would serve no really useful end to give in 

 detail the various statements sent in by district and local 

 officers from all parts of Bengal. To take extreme locali- 

 ties, I may mention that the shock was just felt at Darjil- 

 ing. At Hazareebagh, it was felt as two distinct waves ; 

 duration less than half a minute, and apparently from east 

 to west. At Chota Nagpore, it was felt so slightly that 

 no notes [were taken. At Singhbhum, Cuttack, Balasore, 

 not felt. At Cachar, not noticed. At Sylhet, 3-30 P.M. 

 lasted thirty seconds. An earthslip, 20 feet long by 4 feet 

 broad, fell from one of the teelahs. In Assam, seems not 

 to have been felt. In Cossia hills (Cherra) only slight, 

 about 3-45 p.m. At Tavoy, on Tenasserim Coast, it was 

 so slight as to be scarcely perceptible, and was not felt at 

 Mergui to south. 

 Chittagong. — 3h. 40m. p.m. — Three distinct shocks, first 

 preceding others by eight or ten seconds, second and third 

 being one continuous roll ; more severe than any shock 

 since 1852 ; motion apparently east-north-east to west- 

 south-west ; clocks stopped in several houses. 

 These observations enable us to mark out with tolerable ac- 

 curacy the limits of the seismic area affected by this severe 

 shock. And although, unfortunately, but little is on record 

 of any accurate measurement of the direction, still by 

 grouping the observations, we can arrive at a satisfactory 

 conclusion, I think, that the seismic focus of the 24th 

 August 1858 must have been under the ranges of hills 

 lying between the Irawadi and the Bay of Bengal, in or 

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