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an earlier movement took place between 8-30 and 8-45 a.m. 

 Direction of second shock from W. E. Duration about 10 seconds. 

 No sound phenomena were observed. The shock was very distinctly 

 felt and the villagers experienced feelings of nausea. Iknmauk 

 sub-division is extremely hilly and sparsely populated. It contains 

 only three masonry buildings, two police stations and a treasure 

 vault, none of which were damaged. 



Maung Gale, Sub-divisional Officer, Maung Tha Hi/aw, Mating Tun, 

 and Maung K/iin, Traders. — Time 8-50 a.m., un- 

 corrected. Three distinct shocks lasting 2 

 minutes. No preliminary tremors, but the subsequent vibrations lasted 

 \ minute. Direction S.W. — N.E., observed by hanging lamp which 

 swung as much as 13 inches out of the perpendicular. There was 

 a rumbling sound heard during the main occurrence. Two walls 

 of the Wuntho township office, which is built of the usual brick 

 nogeing in wooden frames, were cracked and the plaster came off 



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another wall in two places. Both cracked walls are parallel, cours- 

 ing N. — S. In the E. wall the cracks occurred about 10 feet apart, 

 on the S. side of the centre posts. Commencing from the edge of 

 the posts they ran diagonally upwards at an angle of about 60°, to 

 a height of about 5 feet from the ground, and light through the 

 wall. A crack some feet in length also appeared in the cement 

 floor running in a S.W. direction. 



M, Molid Khalil, Sub-Postmaster. — A great shock occurred at 

 9 a.m.. by telegraph time. Direction N. — S. 



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Duration 1 minute. He thinks that the quake 

 was divided into 3 or 4 separate shocks. 



Maung Pj/u, Myothugyi of Pinlebu Township, Maung Pe Lu, 

 Myothuggi of Pinlebu, Maung Lu (h/i, Ytcasaye of Kauksin, Pinlebu 



Tounship. — Time 9 a.m., guessed. No prelimi- 

 nary or subsequent tremors and no sound pheno- 

 mena. One shock distinctly felt from 8. to N. Duration about 1 

 minute. Cooking pots and cups fell to the >S., in Kauksin and 

 Kvaukingon villages and hanging lamps swung as much as 18 inches 

 from N. to S. 



U Ne Myo, Schoolmaster. — Time 9 a.m., by a watch compared 

 with railway time. No previous or subsequent 

 vibrations were felt but a rumbling sound was 

 heard. Two distinct shocks lasting 2 minutes. Direction 8. to N. 



