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MIDDLEMISS : KANGRA EARTHQUAKE. 



(2) The Dehra Dun-Mussoorie area. 

 The smaller closed curve of the VHIth isoseist is not perhaps so 

 No doubt about snar P lv marked off as that in the Kangra-Kulu area 

 tion detached posi " But tnere is no doubt from Messrs. Simpson and Hal- 

 lo wes' work and from the numerous earthquake forms 

 relating to that part that such an area exists round about Dehra Dun and 

 Mussoorie, and that it is entirely detached from the larger Kangra-Kulu 

 curve. In my preliminary report I regarded the above as a nearly es- 

 tablished fact, but had to admit that the hilly tract directly in line 

 between Rampur on the Sutlej River and Mussoorie or Chakrata had not 

 been personally visited. Since then, however, my colleague Mr. Hayden 

 traversed across this line east from Kotgarh and was able to confirm 

 the absence of visible earthquake effects along that line. See also 

 Mr. Tendall's earthquake form from Rohru, Simla District (p. 184). 



We are now therefore certain as to the complete separation of the 

 Dehra Dun-Mussoorie VHIth isoseist from the same iso3eist in the Kangra- 

 Kulu area. Also, from Messrs. Simpson and Hallowes' work we may be 

 equally certain that in spite of many visible records of the shock in the 

 form of cracks and displacements in masonry buildings in the important 

 towns of Saharanpur, Rurki and Hardwar, these towns have suffered much 

 less than Dehra Dun, Mussoorie or Landour, and therefore that the VIII 

 area is equally bounded in the opposite direction towards the plains. 

 All that remains slightly problematical is the precise position of the 

 curve — the line as drawn may be perhaps a few miles out on either side. 

 The following index shows the places within the VTIIth isoseist in 

 the two areas. 



Places between Iscseists Nos. VIII and IX. 



(1) Kangra-Kulu area. 



Name of town or village. 



District. 



Lat. N.— Long. E. 



Distance in miles 

 from nearest point 

 of main epicentre. 



Banjar .... 



Hamirpur 



Jalori (pass) 



Kangra 

 Do. 

 Do. 



31°38'_77°24' 

 31°4l'— 76°35' 

 31°32'— 77°27' 



About 24 

 „ 22 

 „ 30 



