On the Recent Earth-Tremor, 



11 







Victoria. 





E 



Place. 



Local 

 Time. 



Hobart 

 Tiile. 



Duration. 



Direction 



Geelong 

 Bairnsdale 



... 9*27 

 ... 9-20 



... 9-37 ... 

 ... 9-30 ... 



0' 20" to 0' 30' 

 0' 3" 





Bruthen 



... 9-28 



... 9-38 ... 



V 0" 





Foster 



... 9 30 



... 940 ... 



0' 50" 



.. +* 



Buchan 



... 9-28 



... 9-38 ... 



3' 0" 





Omeo 



... 9-28 



... 9-38 .. 



0' 20" 



.. ** 



Sale 



... 9-30 



... 9-40 ... 





•• % 





New South Wales. 





Bega . . . 



... 9-55 



... 940 .. 



. 0' 40" 





Albury 

 Bombala 



... 955 

 ...10-5 



... 9-40 .. 

 ... 9-50 .. 



. 0' 30" 

 . l'O" 



•• t 



Gabo ... 



... 9-50 



... 9-35 .. 



Tasmania. 



I' 0" 



•• t 



Hobart 



... 9-37 



... 9-37 







Launceston 





... 9-37 



m 



.. ** 



Sandhills 





... 9-35 ... 





.. &* 



East Coast 





... 9-35 







Scottsdale 





... 9-36 







Corinna 





... 9-45 







Fingal 





... 9-35 



.. 



.. a* 



Springbay 

 Cressy 

 Circular Head 



... 



... 9-30 ... 



... 9-40 



... 9-40 ... 



3' 0" 

 0' 30" 



.. +* 



Low Head 





... 930 ... 



0' 50" 





Sb. Leonards 



. . . 



... 9-40 







Beaconsfield 



... 



... 9-37 







Longford 



... 



... 937 







Westbury 

 Deloraine 



... 



... 933 

 ... 935 







Campbell 

 Georgetown 





... 9-40 

 ... 9-40 







Moorina 



. . . 



... 9.45 







An examination of the table reveals several discrepancies 

 as to time which detract from its value. For instance, 

 Flinders reports the shock at 9'40, although Geelong, some 

 50 miles further away from the focus, notes it at 9*37, or 

 three minutes earlier. But the Wilson's Promontory report 

 also gives 9"S7, so that there is the same discrepancy of three 



