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trees purposely shaken. This tree-dance kept on long after the earth 

 vibrations ceased to be felt. Both this earthquake and the one 

 of the "21st gave the impression of intense vibrations rather than 

 distinct shocks. They came on and left off gradually, there was 

 no jarring and no previous or subsequent sound, or any other physi- 

 cal phenomena. The direction appeared to be from N.E. or E. to 

 S.W. or W. judged from the shaking of trees. No damage was 

 done, no plaster from the roofs or walls fell, neither was any 

 furniture overturned. 



The Assistant Political Officer, LoQcaw. — Earthquakes were felt all 

 over the Karenni Sub-division. On the 23rd May 

 one occurred at 9-11 a.m. Time not standardized. 

 It was the worst of the series and was distinctly felt, lasting 

 about one minute. It was preceded by a sound which one says 

 resembled distant thunder, and another compares with the noise 

 made by a shunting engine. After the sounds ceased, preliminary 

 tremulous vibrations were felt. Then followed three prominent shocks 

 which were followed by tremulous vibrations. The duration of 

 these latter was not recorded. He is unable to state what the 

 apparent direction of the shocks was, but happened to be standing 

 near a canal and noticed that the water in the channel rolled 

 from bank to bank in an E. — W. direction. The effects were very 

 Blight and only noticeable in masonry buildings as follows : — 



Buil dint i 1. — E. W. wall. Two cracks more or less parallel, 



inclining towards the W. at about 45°. 

 Building 2. Two walls running E.- W. had slight cracks imme- 

 diately above the doors. All these cracks were more or 

 less vertical. 

 Building 3. — Wood above and brick below. The masonry is in 

 blocks or sections as the bricks are between wooden frames. 

 Manv of these blocks of masonry were pushed outwards 

 in all directions. 



Ruby Mines District. 



Mr. E. J. Colston, Deputy Commissioner. — The main shock occurred 



about 8-50 a.m. on the 23rd May. It was 



reported to have occurred in Momeik at 



8-50 a.m. and in Mogok at 8-56 a.m. by telegraph time. The report 



from Thabeikkyin states that the shock occurred there rt about 



10 a.m. (station time). To account for the discrepancy between 



