Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
Great Earthquake
Shocks Recorded


Continued from rage ono
sity in Spokane. Wnsh.. recorded shncks
beginning Mt 5:1o O'Clock and con.
tinuing until 100 o'clock. The
heaviest shocks were from 5:2I TO 5:2i
o'clock. 1t was estimated the shocks
cmnnntcd 700 miles southeast of
Spokane.
A vibration Of ~ millimctcrs in the
earth AT that point was indicated by the
earthquake recording machines nj the
University of California. at berkeley.
where it was said tho center of tho
disturbance probHnly was coo miles
northwHrd and on the floor of tho ocean.
Cambridge. Mass. Jan. 3I.-By \.
P.)--ThC earthquake recorded i'm nil
parts of the United Stptcs today prob
ably occurred under the Pacific Ocean
of th" coast Of Washington or Oregon.
IT. was said after rough reckoning at
harvard University today. The uni
VcrSliH'S s"ismOgraphir station was put
out of commission temporarily by the
violence Of the shock.
Chicago. Jan. 3l.--CBy A. PAN
unusually severe carthpuakc was rc
corded on III" sciSm0craph at the Tni-
ycrSltE OF Chicago this morning. The
hrSt wave was recorded at 7:23 4. NJ.
and 1t was followed by another ut I 80
\. VI. TN" distance was approximately
1870 miles from Chicago.
Dcnver. Jan. 3l.-tRy \. pD-Th"
HrIsmoGraph at Regis College here to.
day registered the most severe earth
quake recorded in the last fifteen wears.
according tO Father Forcstall. Tho
disturbance vas estimated to be- nnHroy.
imatcly 1900 miles south Of Denver.
The shock YVES even Greater than that
registered here Hl the time Of the Snn
rnnciSco carthpunkc
New York. Jan. 2l.-(By A. pl--
biologists in New York seeking to Io-
cate the earthquake which today. Shat
tered sctsmographs in various parts of
the United States estimated that tho
shock originated along the west coast
or south America, somewhere between
the Panama Canal Xonr and Ecuador.
While none of the scientists clnimcd
definitely To have located the Source
Of the shock. DR.. Chester \. Reeds.
observer ~ chHrg" Ui tine sCiSmVgrarI. M
NV -NHI'I 'Ill AIUNtUnl Oi Natural | lis
tory, expressed the belief thar the uuukc
occurred somewhere in tho region of the
Panama canal.
Authorities at Fordham University
inclined t" the belief that tho shock
might have taken place III Southcrr
Colombia or Northern Ecuador. Some
thought 1t might have been at sea. At
the museum. it was said the Shock was
the most severe recorded since its Hcls-
mocraph was installed in 1912
The main shock was recorded nt
FordhHm at S:3S \. NJ. At 10 o'clock.
when the record from the sciamograph
was removed. some vibrations were being
recorded.
Apparently comtrad!rting the theory
Of scientists that the shock was located
along I'll" west coast Cf South .tmcricA.
came announcement from the An
America cables that no intcrruntior,,
had been reported ON it's cables OK
tending from New York to Cubn.
rhrongh Colon down the West coast ,f
South America to Valparaiso and San
.iago, Chile; ; across the Andes to BucnOs
Aires and up the cast coast of South
America to Rio Il" Ium"irO.
The comp0ny'S West coast cable,
wcrc broken three weeks ago BY nj
between Peru aud Iquiuur
Chile. One break already has been re-
paired and ship is now 1T sea re-
pairing another.