Earthquakes and Other Earth MovementsD. Appleton, 1886 - 363 páginas |
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accompanied amplitude appear barometer Belluno beneath buildings calculated cause cavity centre coast Cobija column countries cracks curve Darwin depth destructive earthquakes determine direction distance districts disturbance earth pulsations earth's crust effects elastic epicentrum Erdbeben examples feet per second felt fissures fractures greater number ground Hakodate height horizontal hyperbola indicate instance instruments Iquique Japan large earthquakes Mallet maximum Mejillones microseismic miles Milne moon mountains movements Neapolitan Neapolitan earthquake needle number of earthquakes observed obtained occurred ocean origin oscillation pendulum period Perrey phenomena plate portion pressure probably produced Professor propagated quakes records remarks Riobamba rise rocks Rossi sea waves seismic activity seismic energy seismographs seismology Seismometer shaking shock similar small earthquakes South America southern hemisphere springs sudden sun spots surface syzygies take place temperature tides tion Tokio Trans tremors velocity velocity of propagation vibrations volcanic eruptions walls whilst Yokohama
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