| Show Huge S Seismic i ic S Sea W Waves aves I Their Cause and Effect N ropy of th the Pilot PlIt AN A of the th North tran for and 1 pub bah lIah I lit at th the lc of under the th authority of Ih lary lar u the th nv nav hll ed edby h by prat K Talmage b bra courtesy or of ph How i I Th ht hart nn on no hl which I In Ih fr fore of the terrible dla ClIA ClIARt Rt In lust 1101 month aM aad I s here hate herewith with tl In tu tuon full tm on morning Dec between I Ind I n and nd 8 0 all Italy WM wed ahen uy by sever 11 The I hI Wt was roost t In aI H 14 lly Ily Ih Ihn gnat o of I and d o of property I 1 oc hy by mil rill l au 11 by IMm wat Bl cs I I to tib th that have after fr the th the th that I nos M at first r for IM some nf j rom from the horce of Jf and anI eastern and than A great ww 32 ft fro hith U upon 4 l th h with palling 1 a ad Ib IN III the th tI hf At event ent In roii lC tU vU fill II greatest and nd dan Io UH kind of nr ea warrN and nd tl nl nee It I is I 1 that the t of I Ibo Ik k bo drawn tl to such r s or r the a as wilt IU id to 10 th taking of adequate hll thell Great areat Idos at poop 11 liv In by the ae I and AI are II tot I the thc aring from Mf sea waves and nd et It a place of refuge exists thy have h ample limo Jim in inRI II RI Jie and even the th hip In the th harbur har wr bur will generally bt b If they th put to jl MI th the sign after kner Ih the te t of the withdrawal or of th the water h always Iway that the ea has hAf unk Munk Thus Thu by br th of t th lawn law of I th the world worl and the of the IUn i useful rul knowledge a great ot of I Ift ft may be arcs ed tram frill ome of I tile the moot dreadful fOI torten In nature and In fn tile the oune of f time the of 01 mat inlay be enormously con coned conserved served ed tle correctly spa waves wavEll with earthquake and even en Homer th thew groat t a anti of tits Ma to Mon trident which was rho 1110 the n mean nai employed for UP from lh the hollom Th The withdrawal or of the water from th the shore after an earthquake and its Ita u It turn tarn as a a gnat wave ve wai wa to and III Implied In hi his description tion of 01 the tbt pathetic calamity of the destruction ot of JIlk Henke In 33 B r C which wu was dulO to the or of a portion of the lea a bottom In the Gulf of Cor CorInth Corinth TWO GENERAL There Thre a are t two general classy 1 0 M era The Ih fir first iM i dUll due to the Sinking rat Ih the Moa and I Is hy by a Ip f the th walar after the earthquake to he be fol fOI 10 IowA Lter by the return ot of II a great reat wave ve sad the Cond I Iu due to the tho uplift r the bottom an and I Is harI I iced by II the sudden via of th the sea with without without out any an previous from the sharp Most of the dons of tM the ea have bile been dun due tf to towa wa 11 of the lIt god 1111 clans TIM The ni 00 not d R are an h quake after a churl Inter Interval 1 tie lit ra fa I U In 10 he away bare the th bottom it II d a rUy deep enough nou h for t tn to n vir third after en I Interval of an hour or el Ih sea I 1 seen to he ue a ml mighty ht wave buto before It and thus thul Tarr log and U th m fourth having on onto wept th shore the as again In and lay tile the harbor told r a about ut tile the Mm m inter ill I as a second great 1 1411 0 periodic movement of the pan may In 10 kt kept UP uD for quite anti and sons times great II ii not restored for a fla day two Amon th the III well known knowli hl hi out waves ot of the I which t be mentioned w we hII nl nil nl a afew few typical ue ease As I that hat hath h h ov overwhelmed HIlko In za n H I Ith tho th waves at elleo In lat 2724 And 1 14 t tM the r tn In th the tray pf f Mira ill in IQ and nd In lIi II till wall Wit I Ithe tn the MI In 1116 In ill ali II Ih 11 I tutt fI th the water waif I frn rol I Ithe the hut but slowly In Ih the draping of a tide mare rapidly This Thi f comae ouno that Ih the a I i I I bAd sunk and lh the water away to flit 1111 uD Ih the In In tar ILl I caused caud b by the falling or of lh Ih hl tom Im When th the meet rat nl II the better an llon I r II their mutual Import Impart And when unlit under th fl it greet t wave com comee or Tin I than Into a a 11 at II rt and the thc flow III hl anti UP the level a second time with wave 11 I Is sent nt and so th the 1 th the tree t sometimes for fol a da day or two before It finally quiets dawn aea ea waved wa of th the KI second onti dada 1 are produced by th the uplift ot of th the sea ilK bottom Into ridges or r suh h marine mariti plateaus and Islands In III such h haile cares aile the h water t ria with without lIh out previously withdrawing from Ih shore Th The most moet In Il Its of any allY of the examples of the first firstI chin I Is that which In eon 00 n with tI the Lisbon earthquake of 1 11 6 The Th seismic disturbance tn ill which this wave was a du due occurred curl under th the sea Ilea off th the oat coast or Port Portugal gal Ifal In 30 20 degrees north N 1111 of I 11 I west The Ih t drained out from the land to 10 such an the Hut the bed d or of the river Tagus was left tn dry and halt half au hour hur after ar the mo most t tvr shocks hock were n ovet oveta r rIt It a series of waver R to 10 00 III rt t In III height broke on t the shore hor and n I Ing In or th the land caused th the death of f persona and tI des destruction of property These waves ex extended JC tended along alon th the reset MII th the villages lIlal for several enral mil miles to 10 th the ul h dud anti as fr far 8 as Morocco The fht I hock od was felt at al Oporto tills Ma Madrid r dI and Funchal and waves aw were re throughout th the antle to the cot coast of America At ad III the waves rose rollf to feet at Madeira to toI I 12 fet feet and th the sea was S rd 1 1 I mil of t I Im ent that Were violently shaken hak and men lIn lInI menI I standing on Ik deck were tr thrown down LIMA Th The great al earthquake or of Limn on October 21 1724 j H was a marked by 1 a or of the water front II the 1 followed by 10 a wave which I Is reported to hae heen SO 00 fet feet high and which swept vr over Twentythree ships hip In Liu harbor were sunk unk and tour were II retried far lar Inland 1 and n lar coulee UI of after ner th the I of litS 1746 litSOn Un On the coast of 1111 it the shock the lI sea retired returned ut three an II nil then In II a Ir waves 1 II feet hi th the reflex or If 1111 everything toward 1 the sea 1111 Vier An earthquake on II the coast t of 01 Peru leru and Chile ChUe It In I S due illo to 10 a arce large were generated d Inundated the for tor miles inland des ewe ral towns and causing the thedeth death deth of people At Arica rica the ther 1 r g S H wu was carried to a a quarter of a mile mil inland from which folio war removed still father Inland by a wa wave o of inundation la tion attending the great lit at Iquique In J In with this latter lutter th the water was withdrawn tr from the shore hor to th the en X tent r about 70 11 rd and Ih the wan w avee which afterwards devastated th the ot mast mastra otro ro ra stated to hll have bo been front from h t to MO MOI n I t high The Th tree were n 1 Ih h whole of f Ih the Ii in III the ft n eland blaud I the ho sea a 0 ro IiI 0 tu U s reel feel In S N Zealand hd old III lusts II tr 11 1111 II I ul from S 2 I f o 0 f et In InT T pall Irom 5 t to III 10 feet el elII II June Jun 1 15 1010 a t Corid lug 1111 earthquake occurred III II III I arl De i the ab abI III I n Ih the bed ai r th the wean just Jual d r Japan Jan After the ha I i I the water th roast HI was Inundated over a length of r miles by wa said to reach to 10 th height of f roll feu ft feet A s1 was va washed SUU yards i ia The Ih d destruction of o and nd pro r I h IU ward v vary grist t Th The j Ills II nut felt b by boat ba ts some 0 distant II llIn I Ili I sea and oth othI lua I or of th the that had h r red their return Nurn to hi th u 1101 I 14 UT T OUT AT riE ILEA Tit lesson to 11 I upon 1 In Ih the light of II liar I I nM I IN that th the hI ul III t ti ale mach In lea cd Ii by ca I to sea If i 1111 after the of r 1111 iI and title till II I Is ria II to In tol InI I l I d it Ir we h Ir r Ir r 1 tbt h n nI I to lu I awes 1 II at t II the harks of r art hat h I b ii r fell 1 III the Ih uia a 0 1444 1111 I 10 IIa pot generally III j 1 tei PI y pat and tt eight h M Ih i O I 51 1 and pI Id ea I ItI I n tI than that lit u II aa a aIt It fly a study of III the th r 11 ut tha h rid I I II I Lr what th h 1 1 II I shah ur u A 1 II at I Ii I If gi 1 1 o 1111 should be fm I w h t i II I II e r err y deep 11 trough Iu d to I I rill ul I luI 0 m bo Ila ur of tb the wean I r rI rIhl I Ihl h CIUI crust I or of the tI earth ar I likely t I le I 1 Ill hi It Ih p I thin h 0 a aul ul I III hi CH art rn lIa d III building up III I h b hI bola I ola IIi g them thu rl d fluid db tilt led It II III of ofha ha re h trough I Although I the red 11 I II I West Iona aull 11 the 1 act wt 1 of uh II 11 al dial I I I Iau 11 11 vII d I Iw Is I bt b I that Ihl t iii Most t I Ih of r 11 an re Ih A Kutila nod I T 1 I i ud ill III t the t P I ii Oar ti 1 1 1111 or t awes I ie II hl hi bunk II u Ih tight lIh ur of Ih the N New Ina III I III II II I Itle I Ju pun I 1 It III kas ill In Ih J If 51 11 dud alga I 11 to lu U UPI tin I PI vf of w bW N I Ju ing tile the earthquakes The profound dieted of 01 till the off the east t tp p pta part t of nf Ih the thin I IA one of 01 I the grat rA I 1 genii 11 1 of r world orI haU A In Ih Ihan the an bottom ha hI a of r O IH ly Iy rath fa thump unit Ihl da l nt tn It ItI I b by br a long and ng nt In th the I Ih t I MIl Prof MI treats of e t treat and says that the altI active I at al present that of tile the East In ll After I ht the Aleu AIu Aleutian tian region n II na ale I raI d from tie tIr aa I non have hA broken old within his hl tortal time m sea wave 11 of nf th the Arst not alas frequently th the water Ing m II 1 of f Islands toward lord Ih the trough t I th Ih h and then returning lit Inter I s 1 a 1 nr ware 1 Thill how that th m n en ento to In t the h south uth sinks Ink nfl aft r Ih h Mh quakes by wh which the taw raglan III Ii visited A th the U and In f tact t Ih the whole hol holm mass m of nr submarine mountain are lip up uplifted lined lifted by bv the and nd Ih the sea a bottom sinks nb It seem M that la lava a Is expelled from beneath I h Ihn M trough ao and pushed under th the nt I rang TIlt The bed bod of t the sea then Iho gives d to tn tiP up Ih the partial cavity from which the molt molten IOn rank k ha Dean cx 1 I d I |
