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Earthquakes fyc. in Assam 1839 — 43. 



[No, 142. 



Year. 



Month. 



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Occurrences. 



Remarks. 



1842 



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1843 



January 



June 

 October 



Feb. 

 March 



April 

 April 



April 

 May 



June 

 June 



August 



Sept. 



Gales. 

 29. 



24, 



23, 



Earthquake 



7§ P. M. 



Earthquake 

 about 8 p. m. 



Comet. 



Meteor. 

 Earthquake 



8 P. M. 



Earthquake. 



Earthquake 



11 P. M. 



Earthquake 

 8 P. M. 



Meteor. 



Earthquake 

 2i p. m. 



A smart shock felt at Seebsagur ; the weather 

 gloOmy, cold and threatening rain ; cannot 

 speak as to duration ; shock similar in motion 

 to those already noticed. 



From 3d to 6th, heavy gale of wind from 

 South-west. 



A smart shock of an Earthquake ; duration ap- 

 parently from S. W. to N. E. trembling 

 motion. 



Air unusually wet ; a disagreeable month. 



Seen at Sakenah on the evening of the 7th of 

 this month. Head with a common compass 

 W. 21° South, and of Tail West 47° South- 

 rain continued most of this month. 



From East to West seen at Seebsagur, burst 

 with two loud reports. 



After a very hot day and close sultry evening, 

 a severe shock of an Earthquake at Dibroo- 

 ghur, lasted several minutes. The motion 

 however was only trembling, affected those 

 houses which had posts built up by walls ; 

 duration appeared to be from West or South- 

 west. 



Slight shock felt at Dibrooghur at midnight. 

 N. B. Both these Earthquakes felt at Seeb- 

 sagur, Jeypoor and all over Upper Assam. 



From this date to 27th May, gales of wind at 

 Seebsagur from S. W. Some of the squalls 

 very severe, sky in the day time clear, but 

 stiff looking, with some white fleecy clouds; 

 gale blowing hard on 26th along the line of 

 the Naga mountains 15 miles distant, and 

 on the Burrumpooter, which rose very high. 



At 11 a. m. smart shock of an Earthquake; 

 motion, vertical. 



A very smart shock ; at first slight and followed 

 by a severer one ; motion undulating, and 

 from the position of a clock which was 

 stopped, must have come from S. W. or 

 West; lasted altogether about a minute. The 

 weather rainy, with occasional light squalls 

 from S. W. These shocks felt at Dibroo, 

 Jeypoor and Sakenah, that of this date at a 

 few minutes past 8, reported by the Officer 

 to have thrown down a portion of the bank 

 of the Burrumpooter. 



A meteor of no great magnitude passed to 

 the North, very vivid lightnings in the 

 S. W. several flashes appeared as if rising 

 from the ground like the bursting of a 

 shell. 



After as hot and sultry a day, (the 2d) as I ever 

 felt, the clouds gathered to S. W. indicating 

 rain, but passed off without any ; night very 

 close and sultry ; awoke by a smart shock 

 of an Earthquake ; cannot speak as to du- 

 ration. 



