Deseret Evening News | 1906-11-13 | Page 4 | Frequent Earthquakes

FREQUENT EARTHQUAKES Prof t larr 11 in I a lion to makell timo tho usa that there thero Is not II a eta day which then ts Is not nn an earthquake 10 hr uart ot of this globe lie 10 says In alone aloM wro ro re recorded corded the years 1885 1585 1892 1592 ho great majority or of these shocks are only tremors not noticed except h hIu by Iu instrument Many however nr mire sufficiently strong Itron to endanger life lito and property There are oro two earthquake 1119 WI we 1111 further One Onn ot of these s through time tho West Indle the I ten aen time the and anil IO laya and is IH called by Do the tho or Al AI Time Tho second belt nearly encircles the following the tho Andes thus or of the orth Am mu erica the Aleutian Islands Japan and time till Philippines This Timis Do De lont callI the or Asides belt Outside these el re lon ore arE not re quent though there thero art are In instances of o cur In The ho ease of at Charleston In 1585 for tor Instance As to 0 the cause of the e phenomena the they are man many Sometimes the colla collapse pee of at time the roof foot ot of II a cavern will make the tho earth tremble for tor n a considerable cUr cUs once around al also o tau cause e earth tremors but generally tive earthquakes are oro ot of volcanic orl gin Ih lime primary cause however I is isvet vet Ory little clearer to scientists todA today than therm It was to thus ancients who Imag bed I chained to II a rock by the tha gods and II a venomous snake su suspend suspended ed over him In such lIuch II a manner that time the would drip upon his face ace when e even n his hIli wife the yes vu eel It hum which she the or r tM the ot of emptying It Then the chained ll shook his eo Co violently that thal time tho world trembled