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GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF 1897. 



Date. 



June 1 

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» 3 



„ 10 



„ 12 

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» 17 



» 18 



,» 19 

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„ 21 



Time. 



22 35 



23 45 



13 20 



23 o 



15 30 



16 35 

 18 10 



21 25 



22 40 

 22 45 

 22 48 

 22 50 



9 45 



13 5 



14 40 



Dura- 

 tion. 



15 1 



17 o 



21 45 



22 o 



30 

 40 

 45 



8 10 



21 30 



23 o 



II 58 



13 45 



o 5 



17 20 



21 50 



22 10 



13 5 



15 '5 



22 o 



7 o 



7 30 



8"' 5 



9 40 



21 30 



12 30 



20 s. 



5 »> 



10 



3 

 10 



15 



» 



5 



>» 



10 



>j 



5 



*> 



40 



»> 



5 



u 



5 



>j 



10 



»> 



5 



»j 



10 



3 

 10 

 20 

 10 

 40 



I 

 20 

 10 



Severity. 



m. 

 s. 



Sharp 

 Slight 



Feeble 

 Slight 



Sharp 



Slight 



Sharp 



Feeble 



Severe 



Slight 



Feeble 

 Slight 



Fe'eble. 

 Slight 

 Sharp 

 Slight 



>> 

 Severe 

 Slight 



10 , Feeble 

 5 

 30 



10 



«5 

 10 



5 

 1 



10 

 5 



5 

 3 



3 

 S 



s. 



30 „ Slight 



Sharp 



Feeble 

 Sharp 

 Slight 



>> 

 Sharp 



Slight. 

 >) 



Slight' 

 >* 



Feebie 



Remarks. 



Maophlang. 



No noise. 



Slight noise. 



Between day-break and 6 a.m. felt two slight 

 shocks. 



Loud noise. (Heard in Sayong). 



Preceded by a loud noise (in Mairang). 



Slight sound (between Mairang and Mao- 

 phlang). 



Accompanied by a rumbling sound ( do. ) 



Slight rumbling. 



No sound. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Laitlynkot. 



Very feeble sound heard. 



Do. do. 



Preceded by a slight sound. 



No sound. 



Accompanied by a slight sound. 



Do. do. 



No sound. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Preceded by a loud noise. 



Thought I felt several very feeble shocks between 

 mid-day and sunset, but as it was thundering 

 at the time I was not sure of them. 

 No sound. 



Do. 

 Accompanied by a rushing sound like wind in a 



forest. 



Rumbling sound very plain. 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



Feeble rumbling sound. 



Do. do. 



Preceded by a long rumble. 

 (About) a slight shock. 

 A slight rumble heard. 



Do. do. 



Between 1 and 5 p.m. felt 2 slight shocks. 

 Proceeded by a rumbling sound for about 10 s. 

 Very feeble sound heard. 

 A loud rumble for about 30 seconds, but I felt no 



shock, but a person sitting in the house at the 



time declared he felt. 

 Slight sound. 



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