13 



GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF 1897. 



VIII. 



Record of earthquakes at Goalpara, kept by Revd. S, A, D. BoggS t 

 from 18th July i8gj to 10th September i8gy } and by Revd. A, En 

 Stephen, from 22nd September 189J to 15th December i8g7. 



Date. 



Time. 



Dura- 

 tion. 



Nature. 



Date. 



Time. 



Dura- 

 tion. 



Nature. 



Date. 



Time. 



Dura- 

 tion. 



Nature. 



July 









July 









July 









18 



6-10 



... 



feeble. 



21 



12-13 



... 



feeble. 



25 



6-19 



3S. 



feeble. 





6-20 



... 



>» 





13-38 



... 



a 





7-10 



10 „ 



tt 





10-32 



... 



tt 





14-39 



55S. 



smart. 





8-0 



2 „ 



it 





12-29 



... 



tt 





17-40 



... 



feeble. 



9-5 



4 „ 



tt 





14-41 



... 



it 





18-10 



... 



a 





9-42 



5 a 



slight. 





15-21 



... 



tt 





19-2 



••• 



a 





10-1 



6„ 



feeble. 





J 5-34 



... 



tt 





19-14 



... 



it 





12-21 



45 a 



tt 





16-9 



... 



tt 





21-44 



33 s. 



smart. 





12-24 



27 a 



tt 





i6-5<5 



... 



it 



22 



n-43 



... 



feeble. 





12-42 



2-»» 



t» 





1 7-1 1 



... 



it 





12-49 



... 



it 





13-4 



4 a 



tt 



19 



5-25 



... 



it 





16-47 



... 



a 





18-9 



Ztt 



it 





6-52 



... 



it 





18-26 



... 



it 





21-43 



2 „ 



a 





9-23 



... 



ti 





19-32 



... 



a 



26 



3-55 



2 m. 



smart. 





10-13 



... 



n 





19-38 



... 



a 





8-26 



22 S. 



feeble. 





1 1-4 



... 



n 





21-5 



... 



it 





13-53 



3 >t 



a 





11-36 



... 



it 





21-24 



... 



it 





14-35 



2„ 



a 





1 1 -38 



... 



n 





21-58 



... 



it 





16-37 



I tt 



tt 





11-44 





n 



33 



7-23 





it 





21-19 



15 tt 



it 





n-56 



... 



«> 





8-45 





slight. 



27 



8-13 



5 a 



11 





12-15 



... 



t> 





9-34 





feeble. 





8-24 



18 „ 



it 





13-48 



... 



1 i 





1 1-36 





slight. 





9-5 



1 a 



91 





14-30 



... 



»> 





11-52 





feeble. 





9-53 



10 „ 



tt 





14-40 



... 



>t 





12-30 





tt 





11-19 



25« 



n 





16-40 



... 



it 





13-41 





a 





14-12 



25 ,» 



it 





17-37 



... 



tt 





14-40 



in 



tt 





18-6 



5 tt 



11 





18-3 



... 



>t 





>5"9 



c 



a 





1 9-1 



1 it 



11 





18-18 



... 



>i 





15-30 



O 



a 





20-33 



1 a 



tt 





18-58 



... 



a 





16-3 



u 



a 





21-36 



* tt 



11 





20-44 



1 m. 



smart. 





16-47 







slight. 





21-40 



1 a 



it 





20-57 



... 



feeble. 





17-18 



N 



feeble. 



28 



7-42 



7 „ 



slight. 



20 



6-54 



... 



a 





i9-3o 



O 



a 





7-48 



1 a 



feeble. 





8-42 



••« 



11 





21-5 







a 





8-37 



J a 



t> 





9-24 



... 



a 





21-35 



n 





9-18 



2„ 



a 





9-59 



... 



a 





22-22 



v*-i 



slight. 





10-1 



* it 



a 





II-55 



... 



a 



24 



5-44 



c 



feeble. 





n-54 



11 tt 



a 





1-46 



... 



it 





6-9 







a 





12-20 



30„ 



a 





16-25 



... 



a 





7-51 



u 



tt 





12-36 



12 „ 



a 





16-43 



... 



a 





9-17 



3 

 Q 



t> 





12-59 



2 1, 



tt 





17-29 



... 



a 





10-24 





slight. 





13-36 



3„ 



a 





17-34 



... 



tt 





Il-IO 





feeble. 





14-40 



5 a 



a 





18-56 



... 



a 





12-26 





a 





16-35 



10 „ 



it 





19-2 



... 



a 





12-55 





a 





18-37 



3 a 



a 



21 



5-io 



... 



it 





13-33 





a 



29 



6-0 



2 „ 



a 





5-38 



... 



t> 





17-45 





a 





8-19 



3,. 



19 





6-18 



... 



a 





18-37 





tt 





13-28 



I 1, 



a 





8-56 



1 '" 



it 





21-7 





tt 



30 



2-57 



1 m. 



smart. 



Following the "Smart" shock at 3-55 a.m. July 26 were a number of sharp explosions 

 accompanied by tremors. 



The " Feeble" shock at 16-37 on sam« day seemed to be an explosion directly under Goal- 

 para Hill. 



( '2 ) 



