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GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF 1897. 



Date. 



Sept. 13 



>t 



»7 



»> 18 



» *9 



„ 20 



» 21 



„ 22 

 » 23 



» 24 

 » 25 



26 



»• 



M 27 



28 



Time. 



19-55 

 9-i5 

 17-40 

 17-0 



18-30 



18-45 

 20-10 

 21-10 



9-40 

 1 1-0 



2-10 

 22-20 



7-15 



23-40 

 2-10 

 9-40 



18-15 



18-35 

 20-10 



13-35 

 14-40 

 22-50 



16-35 



11-0 



18-50 



21-55 

 22-35 

 16-25 

 21-0 

 13-10 

 16-40 

 22-30 

 22-55 

 o-55 

 8-50 



Dura- 

 tion. 



Severity. 



15 



s. 



40 



if 



5 



»» , 



3 



IS 



1 



m. 



20 



s. 



10 



»» 



3 



»» 



10 



»> 



3 



a 



1 



m. 



20 



s. 



40 



>» 



5 



>» 



5 



a 



3 



a 



5 



a 



10 



a 



5 



tt 



5 



it 



5 



tt 



10 



tt 



• 



•• 



30 



tt 



5 



tt 



30 



it 



30 



tt 



15 



tt 



10 



at 



10 



tt 



10 



tt 



3 



tt 



10 



tt 



l 



m. 



30 



s. 



10 



it 



Slight. 

 Sharp. 

 Slight. 



Severe 

 Sharp. 



Slight. 



Sharp 



FeeBle. 



Sharp. 



Slight 



Sharp 



Slight. 

 Feeble. 

 Slight. 



Feeble. 



Sharp. 

 Slight. 



Remarks. 



No sound. Not so severe at first, but finished 



with a strong jerk from W. 

 Distinct sound before shock. 



Sound very plain. 



Rumbling sound, very plain, before and towards 



the end of the shock. 

 No noise. 



Sharp. 

 Slight. 



Sharp. 

 Slight. 



Feeble. 



Slight. 

 Sharp. 

 Slight. 

 Feeble. 



(Within I hour after this, four feeble shocks were 

 felt, each lasting 3 to 5 s.) 



Sound was very plain and finished 2 

 before the shock began. 



or 3 s. 



from September 28th to the afternoon of October 8th, I was in Maophlang, and as I saw that 

 the records were kept there, 1 did not keep any myself. But I noticed these differences between 

 the shocks there and at Cherrapunji — (i) They came from a point which was generally 

 more to the W. than in Cherrapunji. (2) The accompanying sound was much more pro- 

 nounced. The majority of shocks at Cherrapunji are not accompanied by any appreciable 

 sound, and when it is, it is generally before the shock, and invariably passes off before the end 

 of the shock. 1 have not yet satisfied myself that we have any sound in Cherrapunji without 

 a shock, though it is quite possible that we have had such sounds here which were put down 

 by me to thunder, which has been common the last few weeks. In Maophlang, on the other 

 hand, the sound was much more prolonged. Lying on a mattress on a plank flooring I could 

 hear the sound sometimes for nearly a minute before any shock would be felt, and 1 could often 

 hear the sound, when standing and when lying down after I could not feel any vibration. I 

 often heard the same sound without feeling any vibration whatever. (3) Within about 200 

 yards of the D. B., which had fallen down, and nearer other masonry buildings which had 

 also fallen down, there is one chimney standing and not a crack in it, as far as I could see from 

 outside, and not a crack in the plastered reed wall of the same house. 



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