DISTEIBUTION OF EARTHQUAKES IN TIME. 257 



those countries. The Eoman numerals indicate the 

 centuries between which the records date. 









October 



April 









to 



to 









Alarcb 



September 





1. 



Scandinavia and Iceland, xii-xix . 



129 



91 





2. 



British and Northern Isles, xi-xix . 



123 



94 





3. 



Belgium, France, and Holland, iv-xix 



395 



272 





4. 



Rhone Basin, xvi-xix 



115 



69 





5. 



Switzerland and Rhine Basin, ix-xix 



327 



205 





6. 



Danube Basin, v-xix 



147 



128 





7. 



Spanish Peninsula, xi-xiv 



114 



87 





8. 



Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, and Malta, 







Northern 





iv-xix 



650 



681 



Regions | 



9. 



Turco-Hellenic Territory, Sj'ria, 











^gean Isles, and Levant, iv-xix . 



214 



222 





10. 



Northern Zone of Asia, xviii-xix 



46 



36 





11. 



Japan (Tokio area), 1872-1880 











(small earthquakes) 



213 



157 





12. 



Japan B.C. 295-A.D. 1872 (large 











earthquakes) .... 



165 



188 





13. 



Algeria and Northern Africa . 



26 



20 





14. 



United States and Canada, xvii-xix 



86 



48 



Central _ 



15. 



Java, Sumatra, and neighbouring 









Islands, 1873-4-7-8 



194 



182 



16. 



Mexico and Central America, xvi-xix 



26 



26 



Regions 



17. 



West Indies (Mallet), xvi-xix . 



108 



114 



18. 



West Indies, xvi-xix 



296 



343 



19. 



Cuba, xvi-xix 



28 



23 



Southern 

 Regions 



20. 



Chili, and La Plata Basin, xvi-xix . 



89 



89 



21. 



Peru, Columbia, Basin of Amazons, 









xvi-xix 



506 



541 



22. 



New Zealand, 1869-1879 . 



166 



176 



Neglecting those records which show as many earth- 

 quakes for the winter months as for the summer months, 

 we see at a glance that generally the greater number of 

 shocks have happened during the colder seasons. In the 

 southern hemisphere, so far as the records go, this is not 

 true. In the northern regions, out of fourteen examples 

 there are two exceptions. In the central regions there 

 are two cases where the greatest number of earthquakes 

 have been recorded in the winter months, and two cases 



