Show PELT FELT AT W WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Oct 16 An An earthquake earthquake earth earth- quake of great violence was recorded b by tho the seismograph at the r bureau bu r reau u toda today The strong motion of the disturbance began shortly after 9 Q o'clock clock this morning mornin and subsided about six minutes later tho the approximate mate time as first shown sho by tho the government government gov gov- ov instruments bein being from to 9 20 The government bull bulletin tin says cays Tho The earthquake which was one of the most violent ever recorded record d here was also shown on the seismograph at atthe tho the coast and geodetic survey magnetic observatory at t Cheltenham Md Tho The instrument there showed the vibrations began at 8 59 a a. a m. m eastern standard time ime and continued about two hours SHAKING WAS TERRIFIC BALTIMORE Md Id Oct 16 The Tho Tho seismograph at Johns Hopkins university university sit sity shows that the earthquake was the tho strongest recorded by that instrument since the San Francisco shock Tho The record shows that the disturbance began began be be- gan a few minutes past 9 0 o'clock clock and continued ed for two hours rho Tho most violent tremor was at o o'clock and durin during tho the eleven cleven minutes following the needle of the seismograph graph raph was tas shaken entirely off the tho recording recording re re- re cording ordin cylinder Prof Reid said that ho tho record of tho the shock was of about the same game ame intensity as the tho record of tho the San Francisco earthquake |