56 



GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF 1897. 



Date. 



Mar. 5 



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8 

 11 



12 

 13 



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„ 16 

 n 17 



18 



»» 19 



m 22 



23 



Time. 



20 20 



22 30 



10 30 



10 55 



22 o 



23 o 



11 35 



o 5 



20 so 



20 53 



21 35 



22 40 



23 o 



12 3 

 22 o 



7 o 



7 5o 



20 5 

 20 40 



22 

 7 



o 

 10 



21 45 



5. o 



17 10 



21 55 



22 30 



22 35 



23 20 



*3 45 



10 20 



19 o 



22 o 



4 o 



17 15 



21 20 



22 10 

 15 15 



Dura- 

 tion. 



20 s. 



10 „ 



10 „ 



5 » 



5 » 



5 

 3 

 5 



10 

 5 

 3 



5o 

 3 



30 „ 



3 » 



10 „ 

 10 „ 



3 ,i 



3o „ 



3o „ 



40 „ 



5 



30 



30 „ 



40 M 



IO „ 



15 1. 



20 s. 



5 „ 



10 ,, 



15 „ 



40 



25 

 5 



Severity. 



Slight 

 »> 



Feeble. 



Severe 



Slight 

 Feeble 

 Slight 



Feeble. 



Sharp 



Feeble 



Sharp 

 Feeble 



Slight 



Feeble 



Slight 



Feeble 



Sharp 



Feeble 



Sharp 



Slight 



»> 



Feeble 



Slight 



Sharp 



Feeble 

 Slight. 



Remarks. 



Sound plain. 



Ditto. 

 Sound plainly heard. 



Rumbling sound very plain (time only guessed). 



Rumbling sound heard for about 25 s., loud and 

 distant (time guessed). 



A loud rumbling sound heard for about 30 

 or 40 s. This gave me the impression of 

 being much nearer than the sound has gene- 

 rally been. It was more of a crash (time gues- 

 sed). 



Loud rumbliug sound heard, having the charac- 

 ters of the last. 



Sound plain for about 20 s. 



No appreciable sound. 

 Ditto. 



Slight sound heard. 



Rumbling heard before and during the shock. 



No sound. 



Slight sound heard, which seemed to come after 



the shock was felt (the time may be wrong, 20 



or 30 minutes.) 

 Very feeble sound. 

 Feeble sound, like that of distant thunder heard 



for about 25 s. before, and about 15 s. 



after, the shock. 

 Slight premonitory sound, like distant thunder. 

 Premonitory sound a little louder, and the shock 



more pronounced than the last, but the sound 



did not last so long. 

 Very feeble sound heard. 

 No sound. 

 Slight sound. 



Sound heard (time guessed). 

 No sound. 

 Began without any warning in a sudden sharp 



upward jerk. This subsiding, was followed by 



a feeble tremor, then by stronger oscillations, f 



think, from the west or north-west. Hardly any 



sound heard. 

 Very slight sound. 

 Hardly any sound. 



Sound heard, but it was not very loud. 

 Slight rumbling sound heard. 

 No sound. 



Ditto. 

 Accompanied by a loud sound. 



Ditto. ditto. 



Very feeble sound heard for about 20 s. I 



cannot be sure about feeling any tremor. 

 Accompanied by a slight sound. Began with 



feeble tremors, which lasted about 25 s., then 



the sharp shock lasted about 10 s., passing off 



gradually in another 5 s. or so. 

 Feeble sound heard. 



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