EARTH TREMORS
BURMESE FRONTIER VILLAGERS NOT PERTURBED CALCUTTA, Jan. 23 Frequent earth tremors at Htawgaw, on the Sino-Burmese frontier, are believed to presage the reopening of an old volcano in Upper Burma. Htawgaw is a hill of decomposed granulite, formerly the site of a fort, which was shaken to bits in 1929 and ' was abandoned.
Thirty shocks are occurring daily, but as the neighbouring villages are comprised of thatched bamboo huts, little notice is taken.
The origin of the tremors has been traced to the Lagwi Pass, 20 miles away, and is believed to be associated with tremors in Dhubri, Assam. It is thought likely that a large-scale earthquake threatens these localities.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21399, 25 January 1933, Page 9
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