5° 



GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF 1897. 



Date. 



Oct. *o 



fij 



22 



28 

 29. 



3o 

 3' 



Nov. 1 



>i 14 • 

 „ 15 . 

 „ j6 . 



17 



18 



19 



Time. 



12 35 



22 15 

 10 15 

 14 40 



23 40 



23 55 



23 15 



2 o 



•o 55 



11 5 



13 o 



23 20 



9 30 



I 2o 



8 



9 



5 

 45 

 21 35 

 13 5° 



5 15 



Dura- 

 tion. 



10 



15 



12 







2o 



3o 



21 



10 



22 



15 



23 



20 



13 



25 



# 





12 



25 



5 



40 



'9 



'5 



10 s. 



3 »> 



3 >> 



3 „ 



2 .1 



30 

 5 

 5 

 5 



5 



5 



30 



20 



5 

 5 



10 



1 



20 

 20 



5 



5 



10 



3o 



Severity. 



m. 

 s. 



s. 



Slight 



Sharp. 

 Feeble. 



Sharp. 



Slight 

 Severe. 

 Sharp 

 Slight. 



Remarks. 



Severe. 



Slight. 



%> 



Severe 

 Slight 



Sharp 



# 

 1 m. 



40 s. 



20 



21 10 



22 50 



15 30 



1 m. 

 15 s. 



1 m. 



Slight 



ft 



Sharp 



Sharp 



Sound heard, but I was not quite sure whether it 

 was distant thunder. 



Thought I felt very feeble tremors for some 



minutes after this shock. 

 About 6 a.m. a sharp shock for i£ or 2 m. 



Sound very plain for some seconds previous to 

 the shock. 

 (Fine guessed.) 



Premonitory sound plain. 



Premonitory sound, plain for about io s. 

 before shock. 



Very sudden. 



Sound heard for some 5 s. before shock. 



There was sound very plain for nearly a minute 

 before a short feeble shock; the sound conti- 

 nued for about 20 seconds more when the sharp 

 shock came. 



Sound plain but not loud, with very feeble tremor 

 for nearly a minute before the jerk. 



From W. Sound heard plainly from W for about 

 £ minute before the shock. 



Laitlynkot. 



I was told that a sharp shock occurred about 



daybreak. 

 About 10 seconds before the shock I heard a loud 

 noise like the report of a cannon, louder than 



anything I have heard since June 12. Sound 



arid shock seemed to co*ne from - S. E. 

 Two sharp shocks awoke me during the night 



and they were accompanied by a good deal of 



noise. 



Shillong. 



Very feeble premonitory sound. 



No shocks noticed. 

 Sound plain. 



(Being away from home I was unable to give a fuller account of the fortnight ending 

 October 30th.) 



Severe 

 Slight. 



Slight* 



( 50 ) 



