Evening star., 1922-01-31

An earthquake of unusual severity
was in progress: today, according to
Rev. Brancis Tondorf. chronological
director sof the Georgetown Uftl-.
versity observatory.
The squake2,a1s was registered on
the seismogxaph OF tho weather bu-
ireau. sofhciaas OF which described it
as "monstropa.' . Father Tondorf, who
is one <of the: foremost earthquake
authorities Of the. world, said the
quake was '.enormops.":
Officials. at. thsa weather bureau said
the worst of the 'tremors ceased at
GAS am. They made a rough esti-
mate of southern aMexico.as the CEN
ter of the disturbance.
Dr. W. J. Humphreys. the. weather
| bureaus earthquake specialist, Te=
ported at IL o'clock that the trennors
ly diminished in intensity !,
| Felt Along Pacific Coast <; x;
SAN FRANCISCO, January s1.L
Earthquake shocks were felt early to-
day along the, Pacific. coast from, San
Francisco to the Canadian fine, 4ac-
cording to reports received here No
damage was reported. =. ,'-'-'s 80
Il In San Francisco the oscillation was
faint and continued for several sec
onds. A pronounced shock was felt at
Eugene. Ore, at $50 o'clock. Dishes
ratified. and persons who were awak-
ened reported feeling slight vibration.
i AT the same time, an. earth tremor
Il was reported at Eureka, Calf.
/ The seismograph at Gonzaga Univer-
oh ad oh re
beginning at 5:19 O'Clock and continu-
ing until 7:05 o'clock. The heaviest
shocks were from 5:21 to 5:24 o'clock.
1t was estimated the shocks emanated
700 miles southeast of Spokane.
i Severest in Fifteen Years.
| DENVER, Col. January 31.-The
seismograph at Regis College here
today registered the most severe
earthquake recorded in the last fif-
teen years, according to Father Fore
stall.
The disturbance was estimated by
Father Forestall to be approxima tely
500 miles south of Denver. The
shock was even greater than that
registered here at the time of the
San Francisco earthquake.
Apparatus Out Of Commission.
Il CAMBRIDGE. Mass, January 81
An earthquake shock SO violent that
1t put the recording apparatus at the
Harvard University seismographic
station temporarily out of commits
sion. occurred today. It's scene was
computed roughly at 2,77S mixes from
4 here by Prof. J. B. Woodwork, in
what direction he was unable to say.
The vibration began at 1924 am.
and at $40 became SO violent Prof
Woodworth said. that the needless
were thrown off the drum on which
the vibrations are recorded.
| CHICAGO, January 3l.-An unusu-
ally severe earthquake was recorded
on the seismograph at the University
OF Chicago this morning. The first
wave was recorded at 1928 o'clock and
| 1T was followed by another at 1892
! O'Clock. The distance was approxi-
mately 1870 miles from Chicago.
I! Biologists Hunt Source.
NEW YORK. January 31-Geolo-
gists in New York. seeking to locate
1 the earthquake which today shattered
seismographs in various parts of the
| United States, estimated that the
shock originated along the west coast
OF South America, somewhere be-
tween the Panama Canal Zone and
| Ecuador.
| May BE Near Canal.
| NEW YORK. January 31-While
| none of sthe scientists claimed def
| nitely to have located the source of
i the shock, DR.. Chester A. Reeds, OBJ
| server in charge of seismograph at
| the American Museum of Natural His
| tory. expressed the belief that the
/ quake occurred somewhere in the re-
gion of tine Panama canal.
| Authorities at Fordham University
| inclined to the belief that the shock
might have taken place in southern