Recent Earthquakes
1947; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 159; Issue: 4028 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1038/159057c0
ISSN1476-4687
Tópico(s)Seismology and Earthquake Studies
ResumoDURING September, nineteen strong earthquakes were registered by the observatories in Switzerland. The earthquake of September 10 had its epicentre near V. Camonica in the Italian Alps ; that of September 12 in the Shansi province of China, and those of September 29 and 30 in the Solomon Islands and Peru respectively. During October, fifteen strong earthquakes were registered in Switzerland. That of October 23 occurred in the Karnische Alps near Trieste, and that of October 30 in the Aleutian Islands. During the first half of November, there were six strong earthquakes in various parts of the globe. That of November 1 occurred in the Aleutian Islands and that of November 2 was destructive in the Uzbeck and Kirghiz districts of the U.S.S.R. The earthquake of November 3 had its epicentre approximately on the equator at long. 17° W., whereas that of November 4 had its epicentre near lat. 40° W,, long. 53-5°E. near the Caspian Sea. Epicentres of the above earthquakes in November have been obtained, using instrumental reports from observatories, by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, in co-operation with Science Service and the Jesuit Seismological Association, as well as by the International Seismological Office at Strasbourg. The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey has also determined the epicentres of the earthquakes of November 10 and 12. The former was destructive near Sihuas, about 225 miles north of Lima in Peru, and the latter occurred near lat. 21° S., long. 173° W.
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