New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-01-02
EARTHQUAKE FELT
SHOCKS RECORDED
ALL OYER COUNTRY.
Centre Thought 1000 Miles
South of Washington-
Some Fear for Panama.

Washington. Jan. New Years Day
was ushered in with an earthquake, the
records of which. as shown by the seis-
mogTap phi at the Weather Bureau. seem
10 indicate wave. of considerable in
tensity. 1t occurred in the early hours
OF dawn. with the possibility, in the
minds Of the officials, that serious dam
age had been done somewhere.
The force Of the shock. as recorded by
the Weather Bureau here, closely APP
proximated the violence of the great
earthquake at San Francisco. The bu-
reau figures that it's greatest force was
felt two Thousand miles south or south
west Of Washington.
The following balletin regarding it
was issued by Professor Moore. chief
Of the Weather Bureau:
An unusually strcng earthquake at a
moderate distance I'as recorded by the
seismographs at tie Weather Bureau
this morning at 6:94: 3S, 18th meridian
time. The second preliminary tremorS
began at COS: 81 and the strong motion
just three minutes later. The amplitude
OF the motion was unusually great caus-
ing the pen to pass. off the record sheet
in some cases. The origin is estimated
70 have been at a distance about two
thousand and sixty miles from Wash
ington and probably TO the south or
southwest. The total duration Of the
record was nearly two hours.
Some bureau officials fear the earth
quake to-day occurred on the Isthmus
OF Panama. Colon is 2,1OO miles from
here, and as the wave was south-south-
west and calculated: at about two thou
sand miles distant. they believe there
IS some ground for their fears This
suggestion. although based merely on
calculations of the approximate dis
tance as indicated on the seismograph,
caused great interest among officials
here Those at the isthmian canal and
insular offices Of the government re-
ceived no messages from Panama in
dicating any disturbance in that section.
Lieutenant Colonel Hodges. of the Canal
Commission, is on leave of absence here
and doubtless would have been informed
promptly in case Of anything of the
kind happening near the canal.
San Francisco. Jan. 1.-The seisno-
graph at the observatory Of the Uni
versity OF California, at Berkeley, re-
corded an earthquake at approximately
the same time as the disturbance
recorded by the Weather Bureau in
Washington The extent and duration
o. the shock have not Yet been COM
puted.
ST. Louis, Jan 1.-The seismograph Of
the St Louis University recorded an
earthquake which began at 5:06:42
o'clock this morning The shock con-
tinued "a minutes and 80 seconds, the
greatest oscillation occurring at $40
o'clock The principal motion was from
east 10 west Father J. B. Goesse, who
has charge OF the seismograph, also dis
tinguished a north 20 south movement
He said the centre Of the shock must
have been alta great distance from ST.
Louis.
Albany. Jan 1.-The seismograph Of
the State Museuna recorded an earth
quake this morning. The oscillations
began at sos O'Clock and continued
more than two hours, the maximum
waves occurring at GIG o'clock Off
cials Of the museum say that the dis
turbance may have been somewhere in
Mexico