The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-24
SHOCKS IN
THE FAR
EAST !.
Records
Indicate Big Disaster
at Some Point

LOuuODl Jan. Col ne Scl5ulOBIdpuS
OF the continent and England record
ed severe earthquake at a few min
some instances the intensity indicat-
ed by the needles was nearly as great
as that recorded last month at the
time of the Messina disaster.
The estimates OF distance vary from
1000 to 1000 miles TO the eastward
of the point of record This would
place the location of the disturbance
In the Caspian region. or beyond. in
Asiatic Russia. Afghanistan or north
ern India, and swinging more TO the
south. the extreme of Arabia and cen
trail Africa The disturbance also
could have been in the Indian ocean,
No reports have come from any
where In these areas to intimate the
occurrence OF any catastrophe
Hamburg. Jan. 23-The seismo-
graph here registered an earthquake
shock at g. So this afternoon. II Is es-
timated that the locality is 1900 miles
to the eastward The shocks lasted
for nearly two hours and their violence
Indicates great catastrophe
Plauen. Germany. Jan. 23.-The sells.
mograph at Umbersachsenberg regis
tered an earthquake at "a this af-
ternoon.
The location apparently is Within
Europe. The conclusions were more
violent than those recorded at the
time of the Messina trouble and they
lasted for twenty minutes.
Washington, Jan. 29.-The seismo-
graphs of the weather bureau record
ed an earthquake of distant origin
late last evening that is much the
same in character and intensity as the
record reached at the time OF the re-
cent great Italian earthquake.
According to bulletin of the bu-
reau, the first preliminary tremor;>
began at 10:12.05 p. m. Tho second
preliminary tremoTS are not well de-
fined IN the records, The strong
motion lasted from TO- 30 until after
ii o'clock. the whole earthquake hav-
Ing a duration of about one and half
hours. Apparently. says the bulletin.
the origin is nearer Washington than
in the case of the Italian earthquake,
probably 1000 miles distant or there
abOuts.
Goettlngen. Germany, Jan. 23.-All
earthquake of destructive dimensions
was registered at the University sells
mograph here at 1855 o'clock this
morning The location of the shock
was apparently 2.100 miles to the east
and is supposed to be in the Caspian
region.
Heidelberg, Jan. pa great earth
quake was registered here at o'clock
this morning. nearly equal In intensity
TO the shock at Messina last month.
Stuttgart, Jan. 23-The selsmo-
graph registered IN earthquake this
morning at o'clock In severity the
record was equal to two-thirds of that
obtained at the time Of the Messlna
disaster.
Berlin. Jan 23-The aeismograph
at the Geodetlc Institute at Pottsdam.
registered an earthquake at o'clock
this morning. Tho concussion was
nearly equal to the one at the time of
the Messlna catastrophe. The OBJ
servations of intensity and distance
ere inexact, because the instrument
broke under the oscillations.
Vienna. Jan. 23.-The seismographs
at Vienna and Poland, the naval sta
ton on the Adrintic, registered very
strong earthquake shocks at o'clock
this morning. According to the cal
culations of experts. the scene OF the
disturbance was about 1000 miles dis
tlnt and 1t was in district which, IL
inhabited. the disturbance must have
been disastrous.