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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  December 
  3. 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  minute 
  vibrations 
  producing 
  a 
  wavy 
  

   line. 
  Disturbance 
  was 
  of 
  West 
  Indian 
  origin. 
  

  

  December 
  22. 
  A 
  very 
  characteristic 
  record 
  of 
  a 
  macroseism. 
  

   The 
  east-west 
  component 
  was 
  the 
  larger 
  with 
  a 
  maximum 
  amplitude 
  

   of 
  10 
  millimeters 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  6 
  millimeters 
  for 
  the 
  north-south 
  

   component. 
  The 
  duration 
  of 
  the 
  preliminary 
  tremors 
  indicated 
  a 
  

   source 
  from 
  6000 
  to 
  10,000 
  miles 
  distant. 
  A 
  heavy 
  earthquake 
  was 
  

   reported 
  in 
  Russian 
  Turkestan 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Lake 
  Balkash 
  at 
  

   11.20 
  p. 
  m., 
  and 
  when 
  due 
  allowance 
  is 
  made 
  for 
  time 
  difference 
  and 
  

   transmission 
  of 
  the 
  waves, 
  the 
  relation 
  between 
  the 
  record 
  and 
  this 
  

   disturbance 
  becomes 
  apparent. 
  

  

  December 
  23. 
  Registered 
  mainly 
  on 
  the 
  east-west 
  machine, 
  

   with 
  an 
  indicated 
  distance 
  of 
  4500 
  miles 
  from 
  Albany. 
  A 
  distinct 
  

   occurrence 
  from 
  the 
  preceding, 
  perhaps 
  originating 
  in 
  the 
  Cordil- 
  

   leran 
  region 
  of 
  Mexico 
  or 
  South 
  America. 
  

  

  January 
  2. 
  The 
  same 
  disturbance 
  was 
  recorded 
  at 
  Laibach, 
  

   Austria, 
  a 
  little 
  later 
  than 
  at 
  Albany. 
  Its 
  center 
  was 
  somewhere 
  in 
  

   the 
  Pacific. 
  

  

  January 
  4. 
  A 
  distant 
  shock 
  of 
  unknown 
  source. 
  

  

  January 
  14. 
  The 
  earthquake 
  which 
  destroyed 
  Kingston 
  and 
  

   had 
  its 
  focus 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  that 
  city. 
  The 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  waves 
  

   was 
  scarcely 
  proportional 
  to 
  the 
  reported 
  intensity 
  of 
  the 
  shock, 
  

   showing 
  only 
  vibrations 
  of 
  small 
  compass 
  without 
  any 
  distinct 
  divi- 
  

   sion 
  into 
  preliminary 
  and 
  main 
  portions. 
  The 
  first 
  waves 
  to 
  arrive 
  

   were 
  apparently 
  the 
  main 
  ones, 
  as 
  the 
  destructive 
  shock 
  occurred 
  

   at 
  3.35 
  p. 
  m., 
  according 
  to 
  press 
  dispatches, 
  or 
  12 
  minutes 
  before 
  

   the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  record. 
  This 
  would 
  indicate 
  a 
  velocity 
  of 
  

   about 
  3 
  kilometers 
  per 
  second 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  average 
  rate 
  of 
  travel 
  

   of 
  the 
  larger 
  waves. 
  

  

  March 
  31. 
  Faint 
  vibrations 
  of 
  undoubted 
  seismic 
  character. 
  

   An 
  earthquake 
  was 
  reported 
  in 
  Turkish 
  Armenia 
  on 
  this 
  date, 
  but 
  

   the 
  accounts 
  are 
  so 
  vague 
  that 
  no 
  connection 
  can 
  be 
  established 
  

   certainly 
  with 
  the 
  Albany 
  tracing. 
  

  

  April 
  15. 
  Remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  magnitude 
  and 
  duration 
  of 
  the 
  

   main 
  tremors. 
  The 
  indicated 
  intensity 
  of 
  the 
  shock 
  exceeds 
  that 
  of 
  

   any 
  recorded 
  before 
  or 
  since 
  by 
  the 
  seismograph. 
  The 
  two 
  com- 
  

   ponents 
  have 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  amplitude 
  in 
  their 
  principal 
  parts, 
  

   though 
  the 
  east-west 
  machine 
  shows 
  a 
  longer 
  absolute 
  period 
  of 
  

   disturbance, 
  the 
  north-south 
  pendulum 
  ceasing 
  to 
  vibrate 
  at 
  2.20 
  a. 
  m. 
  

   The 
  pointers 
  of 
  both 
  pendulums 
  swung 
  completely 
  off 
  the 
  cylinder. 
  

   The 
  earthquake 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  centered 
  south 
  of 
  Mexico 
  City 
  

  

  