G'2'2 Register of Indian and Asiatic Earthquakes, 1843. [No. 164. 



kindly forwarded to me by the latter, gives details : — " Gowhattee, 19th 

 December 1843. Yesterday whilst sitting in Court, at twenty minutes 

 past 4 p. m. we felt a very severe Earthquake, with a rumbling noise 

 from South to North : the motion was very great, and had it con- 

 tinued a moment longer, I was prepared to rush out of the building. 

 These Earthquakes appear to becoming more violent than I ever re- 

 collect before in Assam, from what cause I cannot imagine ; but a little 

 more would bring down our Courts and large Bungalows." Major 

 Jenkins mentions, that this shock was not felt in Upper Assam, nor is 

 there any reason to believe it was felt towards Sylhet and Bengal ; so 

 that, if the Earthquakes are really becoming more severe, they would 

 appear still to preserve their strictly local and limited character. 



This concludes the Register for 1843, shewing a total of twenty 

 shocks during the year, of varying intensity and character. I refrain 

 at present from attempting any detailed arrangement of the phenomena 

 they present, as this can best be done when a large number of observa- 

 tions come under discussion. I now, in closing this paper, will merely 

 annex a Summary of its contents in a Tabular Form. 



Tabular Summary of Indian and Asiatic Earthquakes for the year 1843. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



January 2d, 



„ 4th, 



„ 6th, 



„ 8th, 



Feb. 8th, . . 



April 1st,. . 



,, 6th,,. 



„ 11th,.. 

 May 12th,.. 

 June 3d,.. . 



„ 15th... 



„ 16th,.. 



„ 17th, . 



,, 17th,.. 

 Aug. 10th,. 

 Sept. 3d, . . 



„ 3d,.. 

 Oct. 30th... 

 Nov. 14th,, 

 Dec. 18th,.. 



Locality affected, 



Manilla, . . . 

 Singapore, . 

 Pulo Nias, .. 

 Penang, . . .. 

 Ahmedabad,, 

 TheDeccan,. 



Assam, 



Himalayas,. . 

 Penang, ... .. 

 Titalayah,... 



Assam, 



Ditto, 



Ditto, 



Ceylon, 



Darjeeling,.. 



Assam, 



Ditto, 



Arracan, . . , 

 Assam,. 

 Ditto, 



Remarks. 



[Singapore, &c. 

 extended to Penang, 



Slight. 



Slight. 



Very severe, 



Slight. 



Slight. [&c. 



Severe, felt at Sholapore, Belgaum, 



Smart. 



Smart, extended to the Plains. 



Smart. 



Slight. 



Smart. 



Severe. 



Smart. 



Smart. 



Slight, extended to Patna, &c. 



Smart. 



Ditto. 



Smart. 



Slight. 



Smart. 



