Show FACTS ABOUT ABOUT EARTHQUAKES A scientific mmary y of the recent earthquake in Armenia which killed sob persons and left homeless has been pre prepared pre pre- prepared pared by George Georg George M 1 Smith direct direct- director or of the United Unite States Geological Survey at the request request of the Near East Relief authorities in Armenia Mr Smith Says The region affected by this earthquake is known to geologists as the scene of of repeated disturbances disturbances disturbances bances both volcanic and seismic during relatively recent fames tines r Its mountain ranges and plateaus are traversed by fault fault fractures its surface is studded d with volcanoes and covered ove over large areas with lava flows ovet It seems probable pro able that the re region re- re reC C Cc gion pion g on will be visited vis visited ted by renewed disturbances in tre tie future though a really great catastrophe may not occur save at intervals ofa of a cen- cen century century cen century tury or more I f I |