The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-24
SCIENTISTS EXPLAIN
KINGSTON DISASTER
Readustrnent of Earths Crust With Breaks Faults
Due to Displacement Probably Responsible for
Earthquake Felt Upon Jamaica.

Arorh,r b"!r embracing somewhat
more than - u"r con-. OF Tho "arri-
quake regions cuCircics IN" Pacific
ocean The t~W remaining earthquake.
regions aye scattered over the rest 81
the world. There are earthquake re-
gions both north and -s-Irn az III" Pan
anna canal zone. though. Srrang'' :"
SAY. tho canal zun" itself ha~ boon
comparatively free from s"ISml"
troubles
What makes JamaICd particularly
liabl 10 earthquakes. hiG or little. sty5
Prot. Brown Is the fact that from tn"
mountain tops Of Tho island to tn
depths OF rh" ocean ahy%>e5 Ia TN
east toward IIayrI. l. on" OF Tho
sreoprSt d-ClivirI"- on he face .'I III.
earth In the course 81 u couple al
hundred miles rh"r" l. drop al ABOUT
SIN miles This dcclin" from nI".t
Lind To sea bottom constitutes WhHt
is known to biologists dS diffcrcntlal
relief Loss than hundred miles
separate Jamaica from III. coast lin"
Of tn" famous battle-ground of Cuba,
10 fhc north between Santiago AMI
Carcy. and in .Ghi5 comparatively short
10 100" rc"1. OF more than f.c
mile
Where The dron OF d-cliyir, Is .,u
marked as i i east and north at Ia
majcd the result ~ such 4 point l. .
weak power nf r"sisianCa agaInsr th'
constant strain and REIMBURSEMENT Ci
the "aT1hS cru>t. AMI honC" fh'
breaks ~ faults" as N" coClO2i~r-
term them. due TO displacement ~
! in the, cas-" ri landslide. such \ GiS
placement. reaching b0rtOIH. pro.tIc, >
Il thUd or jay. which in rUTn pr0dIv-
: the waves of vibrations in IN" earth
which take tn" name of earthquakes
Where Ehe hUd occurred in The cas-,
Of Jamaica Is The mystery. In all
pTOba bilIty. according 10 Prof RTp"'n
the fracture in the parthS crust &c
CURED some diSJanc" south OF th'
island and under the waters OF 1hC
! Ca~rihcan. OF perhaps - litfl" 20 III
! southwest. fOr the cable lyinG in th3'
direction were broken miles off shor"
: Furthermore. the angle Of "mcrgcnC.
( of the havoc-playinS waves. .0E ili"I
with IN" comparatively small TERRITORY
affected. indicates. the expert SAYS
quake was neither far distant from
! the island nor dvcp-seated, Probably
il occurred TWO or three miles below
! the earth'S surface.
There Is a.Gircci relation. says Prot
Brown. between the depth Of The %eis
mic focus and 1hc extent OF the area
affected Therefore the conclusion
that in The Jamaican cas-" The oriCir
of tn" JrthQUake was not Very deep
seated. Ia III" case o. tie S.u IN
cisco cart hqu1kc il WAS much deeper
for the waves caused by il WCr" fell
throughout an area within radius. 81
1000 miles. During The earthquake
which wrecked Port Royal in 1593 u,.j
long after the british took u0szCSSiCU
of III" island. Il p0rt!uu Of III" town
which i situated 90 ne western en-
+ of an ci>ht-mij" sandpiJ. Slid in m,
scI- \ similar depression. ihuu@i
less extensive. took place a. Tor
ROYAL during the recent rarthquah he.
TIL. ca>cmaics uf thc British SEcr.
batteries were hruu-h: down 10 III,
waters "d-". rendering tn'm useless
! AS result of this land dron. coco.
nut Trees that formerly -rac..d .rc,.
fields are nov to be seen iugiu~u',
waving their pluUcs over IL" var.l .
hundred Yards of snor..
The hi@h altl u';" cf Kingston. vhici
stands or LiSUjnra Plain rurfunu-,i +
tends 10 maze j. somewhat ..u-l
qIah, proof Prof Brown r.rcrr,
that Tho greatest disturbance. :.
Kin-stnu vs. Of shore r- aIou- r..
shory line. The plain served 20 81