Show shock recorded at berkeley berkeley cal april 15 perhaps the most remarkable shock shack of earthquake qua ke ever recorded at tRe students observatory at the university of california was registered on the omey at an early hour this morning the shock lasted bormore for more than halt half an hour and on that account it Is believed that the local station is much nearer the center of the shock than the eastern stations where the duration of the quake was much longer it is a well founded tact fact that the shock ie Is always shortest at the nearest point to the center of an earthquake said professor arman 0 leo director of the students observatory atory and head bead of the department of astronomy at the university of california this aftem afternoon con tho shock hk felt in the east was very plainly recorded on the omey seismograph in the students observatory we WC did not take the record off until 2 this afternoon although if IV was waa much earlier than our regular time for making observations which are taken every 24 hours the record of the beav heavy motion la Is followed by that of additional shocks |