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ON February 7, commencing at about 8 a.m., G.M.T., an unusually large, but, at the same time, unfelt earthquake was recorded in the Isle of Wight. The preliminary tremors, which include three well-defined maxima, extended over twenty-six minutes. After these came two periods of heavy movement, each extending over fifteen or twenty minutes. The duration of the whole disturbance was about one and one-half hours. It was Japanese in character, and because it was recorded in Tochia by Dr. G. Grablovitz, and at the same time was so marked in amplitude and duration, it is not unlikely that it disturbed the entire surface of the globe.
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MILNE, J. Two Unfelt Earthquakes. Nature 55, 390 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/055390b0
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