New-York tribune., 1907-10-17
BIG QUAKE SOMEWHERE
Great Shock Recorded at AIbanv.
Washington and EIsezchere.

Albany Oct 16 The occurrence Of an earth
quake of unusual proportions was indicated bv
the seisnograph at the State Museum which reg
istered its passage during period of nearly an
hour this morning. The records show the dis
turbance TO have originated at a distance of
about five thousand miles from Albany and the
vibrations of one OF the instruments were so
violent As 10 exceed its limit for registering
According to bulletin issued this afternoon bv
State GeoloGist Clark the direction of its trans
mission cannot be stated with certainty. though
from A comparison Of the two records received
the centre Of the disturbance would seem 10
have been somewhere to the south or southwest
The arrival of the first waves was recorded at
s.04 a. m.. and OF the main vibrations at 9:14
q. The latter lasted about five minutes after
which the swings gradually subsided. but were
traceable for about hour. The bulletin says:
The only disturbance comparable in violence
that has been recorded this year is the earth
quake OF April II, which was so destructively
felt in Mexico. The present one NAV very we'll
mark continuation of the movements that have
been under way for some time in the Cordilleran
and Caribbean zones to which may be traced
also the earthquakes Of San Francisco. Valpa-
raiso and Jamaica.
Washington, Oct 16.-An earthquake of great
violence was recorded by the seismograph at the
Weather Bureau to-day. The strongest motion
Of the disturbance began shortly after a. m
and subsided about six minutes later. the ap-
rroxinate time first shown by the govern
nent Instruments being from 9:14 to Q: 20 o'clock
The Weather Bureau issued the following bull
letin:
Just after the sheets of the seismograpb vera
changed this morning a great earthquake was
recorded the record of which has not as Vet
been entirely completed. The precise beginning
OF the disturbance cannot be made out yet,
but ii was noticed before the strong motion
began that an earthquake was occurring, and
the record was adjusted to the middle portion
Of the sheet. Even with this precaution how
ever. the motion Of the instrument was so great
as to carry the recording lever far beyond the
margin OF the sheet, so that this disturbance
was evidently of considerable violence. The
strong part Of the motion began at 9:14 a. m,
but its duration was relatively short and sub
SIDED at about $50 m. 10th meridian time.
The amplitude Of the strong action was appar-
emily great as four-tenths of an inch at
washington Full details Of the record cannot
be made out until the instruments have ceased
recording and the record sheets can be removed
for examination and measurement The fore
going times can only be given approximately at
present
The earthquake which was one Of the most
violent ever recorded here. was also shown on
the seisrnograph at the coast and geodetic sur
vey magnetic observatory at Cheltenham, Md.
The instrument there showed the vibrations be-
gan at S:59:46 a m. Eastern standard time.
and continued about two hours. The maximum
disturbance was from 9:14 to 92O o'clock.
The Weather Bureau was not prepared from
examination of the seisnograph record to make
any announcement to the probable distance
or direction When the bureau closed this
afternoon Professor Marvin, the seismograph
Official had nothing to add to the early bull
letin.
Baltimore. Oct 16-The seismograph at Johns
Hopkins University shows that the earthquake
was the strongest recorded by that instrument
since that at San Francisco The record shows
that the disturbance began a few minutes after
o'clock and continued for a period OF two
hours. The most violent trenlor was at 9:13
o'clock and during the eleven minutes foJloyvir,,