1843] Memoir on Indian Earthquakes. 1055 



Tabular view of the Earthquakes of the lateral Himalayan Tract. 



Focal Districts. 



z £ 



A. Valley of Cabool. 



B. Valley of Jellalabad. 



From February to June 

 1842, not less than 200 

 shocks in all, must have 

 been experienced through- 

 out the valley, in which 

 Earthquakes have long 

 been common occurrences, 

 especially during the cold 

 weather. 



C. Valley of Cashmere. 



During the Earthquake 

 of 1823, if all the shocks 

 are taken into account their 

 number must have exceed- 

 ed 10,000! ! 



D. Valley of Nepaul. 



M . B . — The minor shocks 

 of the lateral Himalayan 

 Tracts have been continu- 

 ed for so many ages, that 

 any attempt to approxi 

 mate to their total number 

 would be useless: yet the 

 number of distinct shocks 

 indicated in the above 

 Table cannot be estimated 

 at less than about 12 or 

 15,000! 



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Date of 

 Earthquake. 



A. D. 1505, 



„ 1829, 

 „ 1836, 



14th Dec. 37, 



19th Feb. 42, 



22d Feb. 42, 



23d Ditto, 

 24th Ditto, 



3rd Mar. 42, 

 20th Ap. 42, 



4th June 42, 

 10th Ditto, 

 29th Ditto, 



A. D. 1552, 

 „ 1780, 

 6th June 

 1828, 



1831-32, 



A. D. 1830 



,. 1829 

 20 :26th Aug. 33 



21 I From Aug. 

 to ;to November 

 57 1833. 



Remarks. 



Very severe, affected the whole of Aff- 



ghanistan. 

 Severe. 

 Several shocks experienced by Mr.Vigne, 



all slight. 

 Three shocks noted by Sir A. Burnes, 



slight. 



Very severe, affected the whole line 

 of the valley of the Cabool River, the 

 plains of the Punjaub, and a portion of 

 the N. W. Provinces of India. 



Shocks all night and day with little in- 

 termission. 



Ditto ditto, some severe. 



A few shocks, gentle. Earth in a tremu- 

 lous state. 



Several shocks, smart. 



Severe, preceded by heavy rain and high 

 temperature. 



Slight. 



Smart. 



Slight. 



Severe. 



Very severe for two months, afterwards 

 shocks to the amount of nearly 200 

 daily were experienced. The cessation 

 of shocks followed by Cholera. 



? Shocks said to have continued for six 

 months. Recorded by Sir A. Burnes 

 from native information. This cessation 

 is probably the same as the preceding, 

 a mistake as to time having been made. 



? Very severe. Recorded in the Sacred 

 Books of the Nepaulese Brahmins. 



Smart shocks daily for 40 days. 



Very severe. Affected a large portion 

 of the Himalayas and the Plains of 

 India from Delhi to the Bay of Bengal. 



Thirty-six shocks from 27th August to 

 26th November. 



weather wet and disagreeable. Capt. Hannay remarks, that from March to June, the 

 season was unusually rainy, and that although he does not distinctly recollect the 

 periods, four shocks of Earthquake were felt at Suddeah in 1839. 



iAth January, 1840. — At 6 a. m. on this day, two shocks were experienced by Mr. 

 Masters at Nazera (?) in Upper Assam. 



3d February, 1840.— Another felt by the same observer, at the same place. 



\th March 1840. 



