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GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF 1 897. 



Date. 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



>» 27 



28 



Dec. 15 

 », 16 



,. 18 . 



Time. 



7 45 

 7 o 



14 3o 



18 40 



i5 o 



16 10 



21 20 



22 o 



22 30 

 21 15 



18 50 



22 20 



8 

 14 



16 

 19 



Dura- 

 tion. 



20 55 



21 5 



8 55 



9 45 



19 25 



22 o 



23 50 



8 40 



9 15 



10 35 



11 IS 

 14 50 



16 40 



17 40 



7 o 



22 15 



22 55 



23 25 



5 s. 



15 

 1 



10 



Severity. 



Slight 



s 

 m. 



s. 



Slight 



5 » 



30 « 



10 „ 



5 ., 



10 .. 



Slight 

 Sharp 



Slight 



20 „ 



5 „ 



3 » 



3 >! 



50 



10 „ 



1 m. 



lo s. 



Slight 



#> 



Slight" 



>» 



I Feeble 



>» 



» 



»» 



Sharp 



Slight 



>» 

 Sharp 



Remarks. 



Loud rumbling heard for several seconds before 



and after the shock. 

 Loud rumbling but no shock felt. 



Ditto ditto. 



Some few more rumblings heard during the day. 

 Two slight shocks between 7 and 10 a.m. and 



slight rumbling. 

 Slight rumbling heard. 

 Sound plain. 



A rumbling sound for 5*s., but no shock felt. 

 Ditto for 10 s. 



Ditto forss. 



Two booms within 3 s. of each other, the last 

 being the stronger. The shock hardly felt 

 with the first, and feeble with the last. 

 A dull rumbling sound, but the shock very feeble. 

 Loud rumbling noise, but no shock felt. 

 Failed to keep an account of several feeble 

 shocks felt. 



Ditto ditto. 



Few feeble shocks felt in the early part of the 



day, but failed to keep any account of them. 

 No noise. 

 Sound plain, shock came on suddenly and sharp 



and passed off gradually. 

 Noise present. 

 Very feeble, slight rumbling sound heard in the 



distance. 

 Very feeble tremor, slight rumbling sound heard 



in the distance. 

 A rumbling noise for a few seconds, butane* 



shock or tremor felt. 

 A loud rumbling for half a minute, accompanied 

 by a very indistinct tremor. 



Ditto for i£ minute, but no tremor felt. 



Sound plainly heard for about 1 minute. 



Maophlangv 



Sound very plain. 



Very feeble, slight sound. 



Ditto ditto. 

 Slight sound heard for 10 or 15 s. before the 



shock. 

 Very feeble sound. 



Sound heard for 5 or 10 s., but no shock felt. 

 Slight sound heard. 

 Ditto. 

 Ditto. 

 Slight sound heard, but no shock felt. 

 Sound heard, but not loud. 

 No shocks felt. 



Laitlynkot. 



Several feeble shocks during the night. 

 Sound heard, but not loud. 

 Ditto. 



Slight sound heard. 



A rumbling noise for about 10 seconds. 



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