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of greatest Pan ape agi was along the Mississippi, from Cairo to 
his. Her 8 were Pag ipsa felt. The walls of 
a wind storm was in progress, Tt appears that the shock was first 
felt at Ulnagear 11° 23™ p.m. (St. Louis time). The shock traveled 
rapidly down the axis of the ellipse, reaching Cairo at 11" 48™ 
and Memphis at 11°50". The velocity of transmission is a pit 
yet under consideration, and will receive attention in a futu 
bulletin, At Little Rock, Ark., the shock was also felt, although 
not observed at Clarksville, 35 miles farther up the rive 
e bulletin is accompanied by a map of the pala on which 
and within the ellipse referred to above, there are marked tw enty- 
three stations where the shock was felt and eleven Missouri ease 
where it was no ieee rom this map the dire ee 4 appears to 
have been N W. o §.E. instead of N. to S. as ei in our 
previous notice . G. 
A ered Bulletin in i iit to this earthquake has Ges issued 
by Pro f. Nipher. In it he says :— 
“ Accordi ing to the few determinations of time made, there were 
two distinct centers of ove ep 8 es shock beginning at the 
one, near Glasgow, Missouri, at 11" 23" p.m.; at the other near 
Paducah, Kentue cky, at 11" 34™ Pp. Mw. (6 Louis time). 
The fol lowing times are deemed relia 
Glasgow Region. Intermediate. Paducah Region. 
Glasgow _._._.... 11523m | St, Louis....-. --!1857™| Paducah, Ky. -.-.11534™ 
Leavenworth ____- 11-34 11-45 Gharleston, Mo. .-11-45 
Lexington___._._. 11-38: | irobten to air Ne fot 
oo pesee 11-38 its 11-50 Memphis, Tenn. --11-49 
Lebanon ._.------ 12-19 | 
Little Rock....-.- 12-13 
With so few data, it is only possible to give aap rig sae deter- 
minations of velocity, a as 2 wave fronts can not be determined 
with precision. Thea rage velocity was probably less shih 200 
miles per hour. In some Rape the velocity was as low as 160 
miles per hour 
Direction of vibrations: Paducah, N.W.-S.E. ee EW 
Cairo, W.N.W.-ES.E., Charleston, N.-S., Little Rock, E.-W., 
Glasgow, N.-S,, by some, N.W.-S.E. b y others. At Ironton the 
S. to N. A similar sound was heard at Gayoso, Missouri, and 
Memphis, Tennessee. The shock seems to have been more violent 
in the New Madrid region as far south as Memphis, than in the 
Glasgow region.” 
e Bulletin is accompanied by @ map, showing the regions 
affected as above, and also the neighboring field of me earth- 
uake of Noy. 15, 1877. , G. B 
