The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-14

Naples. In 1857. evidences Of this result OF
severe earth movements. on Of our pictures
tosrarhed this Ion. wall CONSTRUCTED rarrllel
to tn" direction nj thu shock. rho wall CID
no. r ~, t t hn, n. ~ ,i 4; he ,r ,a = + m, Th ,o :, tine
dicnlar to the. direction 81 tho sho.E is hnIlv
shattered. Walls. IL buildings. that stood 81.
earth movement suffered. most srrertlv ut
their angles. Thus every building confirmed
to the direction OF the enrthiunke. The seis.
mic wave was parallel to the axis OF tho vest
MIR. Ar,Iaiil' n seems to have nxrd arrroxi-
matcly tho eStrnt and place Of origin OF The
shock. no found tis,t. it did not extend to tho
south Of Iante. r, tho north tbs shock was
hut feebly felt ut tho southern end OF tbs list.
san o. TO " the east. the e's csFth1 %.'Ss w "sF ir"h y
felt on the coast OF the loloponnesus opposite
Iante. hut fnrther. south, on that coast it wns
the southern point Of Zlnte. and more ieebly
Mt Pyrros. seven miles turthcr cast. 1t fol-
acter. and that the region 1t affected was not
more than thirty five miles wide and extended
only about thirty.eight miles in length from
How lid tho observer reach his conclusion
as to the place Of origin OF tn" shock He
is movement WAS to the northwest. Ho con
cluled that the initial point was in tho sea:
Kntncolo., because thor" were ruins at the
south end Of .Iun'e white tllcr. were none ut
kntacolo. Then when lie considered that the
ruin wrought in Iante was great as far north
az the latilud" of tinlaro village. lie concluded
that tho place OF origin must hnve. hoen very
much nearer to Iant. than to katncoi". ard
he believes tho initial point was in tn" sea
not more than three or four miles southeast
OF tho southern point Of tho island.
as to the causes Of tho phenomena, The in
hahitants OF Znnte are convinced that their
EARTHQUAKES arc duo to volcanic action. In
tho south Of the island at Kori Bay and the oil
which fonts upon, the sea nor h near Cape
Skinaro are certain proofs that thn'e is IN
bo-hood. We know. however. that hitnm:n rs
well ~, other natnrat hyhrocarnurets and oils
n.othing to, do with volcanic Ih.nonrna.
Moreover. there are not upon Ianto or any
other o! the tonian Islands any eruptive rocks.
to account for these earthquakes. All rhysi-
cal geographers have been impressed with the
abrupt irrecularities in the OCEAN bed through
west side Of the Peloponncsus. 1t was found
in taking soundings for cables that contiguous
parts OF the sea bed varied many hundreds Of
ieot in deIth. ana also that ut different times
widely differing depths wore obtained in tho
same places. Thus Inv sonndinGs OF 1850 TO.
tween ,Inn:e md Ccphaionia showed a maxi
mum depth Of 100 metres. while two years
later. ait r. the earthquake OF 1857. y depth Of
$50 metros was found between the same
which the const 81 the Peloponre*nS suffered.
1t was found that changes in the depths OF tho
neiGhborinE waters amounted to from 500 to
Mr.. Ardailion says that all observations with
regard, to, earthquakes IN, this ,r"gi3n. hnnut
th"y may be attributed to the same cause. in
area sharp differences OF level at the bottom
II the sea and sudden changes in sea depths
are to 10 observed. 1t is natural tn. suppose
that We are here i. tho presence OF \ llno 81
iil.IGnratiGn alnnE Wn.sh the me s enr1, -, t,s e snts
in this part OF the Mediterranean are accord