Vol. 52.] SEISMIC PHENOMENA IX THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



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8. Jamaica. (Fig. 9.) 



£ i = 66 kilom. (1847-1873). S.*=32 kilom. 



(17 localities and 157 shocks.) 



This is a very unstable island, and it has been the scene of many 



a violent earthquake. As most of the shocks recorded were felt at 



Kingston and Port Royal, it is impossible to say which of the two 



slopes, northern or southern, is most often shaken. 



Fie. 9. 





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Kilometrical Seismicities 



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Seismical Localities. 





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The numbers after place-names are 

 those of the recorded shocks. 



9. The Lesser Antilles or Windward Islands. (PI. XXXIII.) 

 ^ = 86 kilom. (1845-1871). &*=42 kilom. 

 (37 localities and 1189 shocks.) 

 This group, wherein the islands belonging to Britain are suffi- 

 ciently numerous to warrant its inclusion here, is somewhat unstable. 

 Severe shocks have been recorded from it. Nevertheless, its seis- 

 micity is lower than the presence of numerous active and extinct 

 volcanoes would lead one to suppose. 



10. Tobago and Trinidad. 

 These two islands form part of a seismic region which comprises 

 the north-eastern portion of Venezuela, and they have the same 

 seismicity (/S x =68 kilom., £ 2 * = 33 kilom.). 4 localities and 62 shocks. 



Fig. 10. 



11. British Honduras. 

 (Fig. 10.) 



S* = 85 kilom (1846-1856). 



S 2 *=42 kilom. 



(8 shocks recorded from 



Belize.) 



This seismic area is formed 

 by the coast stretching be- 

 tweon Belize and Trujillo, along 

 the Gulf of Honduras, but it 

 probably extends into the inte- 

 rior as well. 



Q. J. G. S. No. 208. 



RPJTISH HONDURAS 



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British Honduras 47 A'i 



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