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Show EARTH TREMORS ARE SCARCELY FELT HERE SALT LAKE, April 23. The shock 0( the earthquake of Sunday was felt only lightly here, according to Hyrum Schneider of the department of geology geol-ogy of the University of Utah. Mr. Schneider said yesterday that the seismograph in the geology laboratory was put out of commission following the quake, but that it was not due to the severity of the shock. He explained ex-plained that the east-west drum ol the instrument had just been reset and the marker had been left clos6 to the margin of the drum. Hence the slightest vibratory disturbance would I have put the drum out of order. According to observations made in connection with the instrument yes-terda yes-terda by Mr. bchneider. the chart's record indicated that the shock lasted last-ed three minutes, coming from a distance dis-tance of 400 or 50 miles and from a southwesterly direction, which was in , accord with the dispatches describing the tremendous shock in southern California. rn i |