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Show EARTHQUAKE DISTRIBUTION fH . '''''''H Dedustions Drawn by Foreign Sclen- ;H tiflc Publications. 'H Thc relations of tho structure of the earth's crust to earthquakes arc dls- Sfll cussed In thc January number of tho An- i'l n. ilea do Geographic "Observations of in oio than 170.000 earthquakes show that 'B they occur almost equally and exclusive- j IH ly along two narrow zones lying on. two ' H great circles of tho terrestrial sphere ' H tho Mediterranean or Alpine-Caucasian- ;'H Himalayan circle, with f5 per cent of re- ( JH corded earthquakes, and the clrcum-Pa- ' IH clllc or Andeo-Japanesc-Maluyslan circle, - H with -11 per cent." These observations, ! it Is asserted, give no support to thf H theory that the letrahcdral distortion of H tho earth's crust Is due to this cause. ; iH Thlrty-slx pages of the records of tlu- : geological survey of Indian (voltinu. M XXXII, part -1. 1905) urc given to n pre- M limlnary account of thc ICnngni earth- jH quake of April -I last year. Thc report is H written by C. S. Mlddlcmlss,' one of th 'H three superintendents of thc geological H survey. Thc starting point of iliu earth- ' H quake was at thc Kangro district of th H northwestern Hitnalaya. About 2O.0C0 'H persons are estimated to have perished, 'H the loss .of llfo being greatly Increased H by thc fnct Knit the most violent phases H of the shocks occurred early in tliu nior H lng, when many were still asleep. T?- tt H earthquake was appreciable to tho aw") J B'H over an era of about 1.U25.C00 aquuv rA'n. i RH or a territory rno.ro than r.fwf aa toro v fiH as tho United States. Thc shocks wcrn I'l brief and of powerful intensity. A' Dharmsala It was Impossible' for a tr. iM son to keep his feel while KUinciu.T or lH walking. It has not been jK)sa!L-c -o do- il cldo as to tho deiHh ot tno centrum iH where tho disturbance originated. Tho I'l rale of movement of tho earth waves np- '1 penrs to have ben 1.0 in Ilea a pcound. m jH considerably less than tho rata li) th) iH Charleston enrthutiake. u'nien was 'about '1 17,000 feet n second. The conditions ' 1 amour tho mountains wero ideal for tin jH production of landslides op a glgnnth IH scale. Two maps show the outer botin- ''1 dary of the shaken area, tho four high- jH est Isoselsmals nnd the approximate po- H sltlous of the axial epIcen'.rums.Gco- B graphical Record. jl |