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EARTHQUAKES. 





Distance 

 from Arica 



Time 

 of trans- 

 mission 



Nautical 



miles per 



hour 



Mean deptli 

 of ocean 





miles 



h. m. 





feet 



San Diego . 



4,030 



10 55 



369 



12,100 



Fort Point 



4,480 



12 56 



348 



10,800 



Astoria 



5,000 



18 51 



265 



6,200 



Kodiak . 



6,200 



22 00 



282 



7,000 



Eapa .... 



4,057 



10 54 



372 



12,200 



Chatham Islands 



5,520 



15 01 



368 



12,100 



Hawaii . . . 



5,460 



14 10 



385 



13,200 



Honolulu . ... 



5,580 



12 18 



454 



18,500 



Samoa 



5,760 



15 38 



368 



12,100 



Lyttelton . 



6,120 



19 01 



322 



9,200 



Newcastle . 



9,380 



22 10 



332 



9,800 



Sydney 



7,440 



23 41 



314 



8,800 



The wave of 1877. — Two sets of calculations have 

 been made upon the wave of 1877 by Dr. E. Geinitz of 

 Eostock.^ 



The following table is taken from Dr. Geinitz's second 

 paper, in which there are several modifications of his first 

 results. The origin of the disturbance is assumed to have 

 been near Iquique. 







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Obseryatiou stations 



ll-§ 



11 



n 



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-ago 





561 



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m 





2 ^ 



EH 



ft 



g 







h. m. 



h. m. 







Taiohac (Marquesa Islands) 



4,086 



8 40 A.M. 



12 15 



563-8 



1,647 



Apia(Samoa) 



5,740 



12 „ 



15 30 



610-4 



1,930 



Hilo (Sandwich Islands) 



5,526 



10 24 „ 



14 



667-9 



2,310 



Kahuliu „ 



5,628 



10 30 „ 



14 5 



675-2 



2,361 



Honolulu „ 



6,712 



10 50 „ 



14 25 



669-7 



2,319 



Wellington (New Zealand) . 



5,657 



2 40 P.M. 



18 15 



524-2 



1,430 



Lyttelton „ 



5,641 



2 48 „ 



18 23 



519-8 



1,400 



Newcastle (Australia). 



6,800 



2 32 „ 



18 7 



633-0 



2,075 



Sydney „ 



6,782 



2 35 „ 



18 10 



631-4 



2,065 



Kamieshi (Japan) 



8,790 



7 20 „ 



22 55 



649-0 



2,182 



Hakodate „ 



8,760 



9 25 „ 



25 



592-5 



1,818 



Kadsusa „ . . 



8,939! 9 50 „ 



25 15 



604-9 



1,895 



* Pcterinanri's Ilittheilungen, 1877, Heft xii. S. 454, and Nova Acta 

 dcr Ksl. Leop. Carol. Deutsclien Acad, d JSafurforscher, Band xl. No. 9. 



