DIMENSIONS OF THE EARTHQUAKE.
■.'••-. '■ •• ■■' -- : ''- '•••■'.■'; '.-'■ ; ' .-.• '■ ■';% ;? ■ •-•••" ••■ '■■ .-, -"■• - ' ...'■•-( COMPARED yraM OTHER &EEAS4 ■. .;. v' . : ' / SHOCKS. ; " , "'• \<fc '" \ mC COLERIDGEi'FARE'S (By Tcflesi^aph.— i*Ms issofciftUonJ: Jfi I Dr. ColiHages Farr, of the Christ. ' church Observatdryy in- the eqiiree 6f> conversation with> reporter, said ttte San. Francisco earthquake was not_-iofi snch great, dimensions as the ISiiart shock of a fe\r years ago, or of the Guatemala shock.' The. , i»ct "th'aV'a and populous .city had been struck' madQ * it appear as if the actual oooorrencii was greater than, was really the case:: Aj report' submitted to the BritisK ;Assoeia< tion. for the Advancement ;oi Sclen«< showed that the-- Alaskak and Andear( regions, which-included the scene of dis< asteir, were ranked fourth in fegard tti numbers among, the earthquake dMtrieCj of the, worldy the Malay Archipelago* New Guinea and Polynesia coming firsts Japan second, and a large portion 6( Asia -between the north of Edia atfa the east Of Europe third; In. ttis Alaskan district there was exceedingly deep water off the coast and a high: ridge of mountains, which would teiid to bring about a slipping, and .cause several shocks. - i
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 95, 21 April 1906, Page 5
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