54 



GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF 1897. 



Date. 



Jan. n 



12 



13 

 14 



15 



16 



» 17 



>, 18 



» 19 



» 20 



»» 23 

 »» 24 



>* 25 



26 



ti 27 



„ 28 

 „ 29 



Time. 



16 30 



21 5 



22 20 



9 35 



20 45 



23 5 



13 



21 



o 



22 

 9 



22 



23 



9 



o 



5o 



2 



o 45 

 22 o 



21 45 



22 20 



11 30 



13 30 



19 30 



20 15 



20 30 



21 42 



21 45 



7 55 



14 3o 



23 15 



18 35 



22 30 

 9 o 



23 15 

 o 30 



16 50 



2t 50 



o 



30 



5 



o 



10 



23 10 



9 45 



15 40 

 23 o 



o 5 

 17 5 



22 55 1 



Dura- 

 tion. 



10 s. 



4o „ 



10 >» 



40 „ 



20 „ 



3 „ 



3 



3 



10 



40 



15 



3 



5 

 40 



3o 

 5 



40 



3o 



3 



15 



3 



3 



30 



1 m. 



s. 



1$ m. 



5 



5 



10 



15 



s. 



Severity. 



Slight 

 Feeble 



Slight 



Slight. 

 Very feeble 



Feeble 



Feeble 



Slight 



Feeble 



Feeble 

 Slight 



Slight 

 Feeble . 



Slight 



Slight.' 

 Feeble . 

 Slight. 



Feeble . 



Very feeble 



*> • 

 Feeble . 



Severe 



Slight 

 Feeble 

 Slight 



Remarks. 



No sound heard. 



Sound heard for about 15 s. 



Feeble sound heard. 



Hardly any sound. 



Sound for 10 or 15 s. before the shock was felt. 



A distant rumbling heard for about 10 s. ; 



Time about I P.M. 



Slight sound heard. 



A slight sound heard for 3 or 5 s., but no shock 



felt. 

 Slight sound heard. 



"Ditto. Time about 10 p.m. 



There were some feeble shocks felt and rumbling 



noises heard during the day, but I was not in a 



position to record them. 

 Sound very plain and resembled the report of a 



cannon. 

 Sound loud, but not bursting forth so violently 



as the last one. 

 Sound not prominent; Time about H-30A.M. 

 Time about 1*30 p.m. 



Sound heard, but was not loud. 



A slight sound heard for about 15 s. 



Feeble sound heard. 



Feeble distant sound. 



Sound heard lasting about 10 s. and beginning 



like the boom of a cannon. 

 Slight sound before shock. 

 Slight sound for about 30 s. before the shock 



was felt. 

 Sound plainly heard, but was not loud. 

 A sound heard for about 30 s. 



Sound rather loud. 



A sound heard lasting about 30 s. 



Sound very loud. 



A slight sound for about 1 m. 



Sound lasted about 1 m. 

 Ditto. 



Accompanied by a slight sound. 



A sound heard plainly for about 30 s. It gave 

 me the impression of coming from the E. 



The heaviest we have had for a long time, seem- 

 ed to come from S. W. or W. S. W. Began \ 

 suddenly and passed off gradually. The sound 

 was not very loud. 



A loud sound for about 1 m ; during the after- 

 noon a distant rumbling sound was heard 

 several times, but as there was a thunderstorm 

 passing over us this afternoon, it was impossible 

 to know to which disturbance it was due. 



No sound. 



Slight sound lasting for about i£ m. 

 Ditto ditto 1 m. 



Slight sound present. 



Very feeble tremor for about 10 s. 



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