EARLIER SHOCKS. 123 



Earthquakes of May 22nd 1912. 



As the following accounts show, a series of shocks was felt on 



May 22iul in places close to the epicentral tracts shaken by the 



big shock of May 23rd. 



Dr. F inlay son. — Slight tremors were felt 

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doling the night oi the 22nd. 



Mr. M. Paul. — Six shocks were felt at intervals during the 

 , , day on May 22nd. Some were hut slightly 



.Mamlalay. ' 



felt. 



Mr. A. J. R. Hope.— On May 22nd there 

 Taunffffyi. 



were two small shocks. 



Cwpt. II. S. Matson. I. M.S. — Two small shocks were felt during 



the morning of the 22nd, of an average 

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duration of 10 seconds. 



The Assistant Superintendent. A or! It-eastern Sub-division. — One 

 slight shock lasting 2 or 3 seconds was felt 

 at 11-20 a.m on the morning of May 22nd. 

 Mviitha. Kyauk.se The Sub-d irisional Officer. — A slight shock was 

 District, felt about 3 p.m. on May 22nd. 



The Sub-divisional Officer. — A slight shock was 

 noticed in Kyaukse town on May 22nd at 2 p.m. 



The shock of May 22nd was recorded by the seismograph at 

 Rangoon College. It commenced at 14 hours 



Records of Rangoon 49 m i nutes 30 seconds and lasted till 15 hours 

 seismographs. 



23 minutes 30 seconds (B. S. T.). It was 



severe from 14 hours 50 minutes 30 seconds till 14 hours 57 minutes 

 30 seconds (B. S. T.). 



A second shock on the same day commenced at 15 hours 34 

 minutes 35 seconds (B. S. T.) and lasted till 15 hours 38 minutes 45 

 seconds. This shock w r as described as a slight one by the officer 

 in charge of the instrument. 



The first of these two shocks appears also to have been re- 

 corded bv the instruments in the Meteoro- 

 Indian Records. . . , „*, . . Tr . .. . ,,. , 



logical Observatories m Kodaikanal, ( alcutta, 



Bombay, and Simla but owing to the unsatisfactory nature of 

 the time observations in Burma 1 am unable to make use of 

 the figures, which can be found in the Government of India, 

 Meteorological Department, Monthly Weather Review for May 

 1912. 



