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GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF 1 897. 



Date. 



April 14 



17 



18 



19 



M 20 



„ 22 

 •» 24 



25 



26 



27 





28 



29 

 30 



May 1 . 



Time. 



1 15 

 9 20 



6 55 

 12 45 



7 15 



8 o 



13 45 

 15 30 

 23 15 



8 

 11 



21 

 1 



23 



18 



11 



7 



7 



30 



o 



45 



45 



22 50 



23 30 



6 20 



6 55 



8 5 



II 20 



16 35 



1 o 



* 5 



14 15 



15 20 



5 

 30 

 30 



o 

 15 



14 20 



17 o 



7 10 



21 o 



Dura- 

 tion. 



1 m. 

 20 s. 



lo „ 



15 „ 



20 „ 



I m. 



10 s. 



5 

 '5 

 10 



10 



15 



20 



40 

 40 

 10 



20 



»5 



5 



5o 



10 



1 



1 



10 



m. 

 s. 



s. 



10 „ 



40 »» 



40 „ 



30 s. 



20 „ 



3 „ 



3 >, 



Severity. 



Slight 



Slight 



Sharp 

 Slight 



Feeble 

 Slight 

 Feeble 



Slight 

 Sharp 

 Feeble 

 Sharp 



»> 



Feeble 



Sharp 

 Slight 

 »» 

 Feeble 

 Slight 

 Feeble 

 Slight 



Feeble 



Sharp 

 Slight 

 Slight 

 Feeble 



Slight 



Remarks. 



Accompanied by a slight sound. 



No sound, but a feeble tremor for about 30 



s. before, and 15 s. after, the shock, beginning 



and passing off very gradually. 



No sound. 



No sound. Between 8 and 11 A.M. 



No sound. 



No sound. Between 5 and 6 A.M. 



No sound. 



A feeble rumbling for a few seconds (distant 



thunder ?). 

 A shock was fait by some people about mid-daj 



who said it lasted a pretty long time. 

 No sound. 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Between 1 and 3 a.m. felt 3 slight shocks accom- 

 panied by slight rumbling sound. It is quite 

 possible that some of them were due to thunder. 

 Very feeble sound. 



Ditto 

 No sound. 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Preceded by a very feeble rumbling sound for 



about 25 s. 

 No sound. 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Ditto 

 Very feeble rumbling sound heard. 

 Preceded by a feeble rumbling sound, which 

 lasted about 25 or 30 s. before the shock 

 was felt. 

 No sound. 

 Very feeble sound. 

 No sound. 

 No sound. 

 Ditto 

 Preceded by a very faint rumbling. 

 Preceded by a loud rumbling sound which lasted 

 about 20 s. 

 For about 40 s. 



Two rumbling sounds within a few seconds 

 of each other, the latter sound accompanied 

 by a very feeble shock, which lasted some 2 

 or 3 s. 



About 12-30 or I P.M. A slight shock came on 

 suddenly and lasted about 3 s., but a very 

 feeble tremor lasted some 10 or 15 s. after. 

 No sound. „ 



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