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IT may be of interest to you to note that on Wednesday, February 16, at about 1.35 p.m., a sharp shock of earthquake was felt here. Houses were shaken, dishes rattled and tumbled, and much alarm was created, though no damage was done. At the time mentioned there was a loud report, as if of a heavy shot fired underground: earth movements—such as would result from violent concussion—immediately followed, lasting for about two seconds; the character of the movements then seemed to alter from vertical to horizontal, the latter being sustained for nearly four seconds. About two minutes after the first report a second was heard, louder and sharper than the first, but no tremors were felt. Judging from the sounds, it would appear that the wave travelled from west to east.
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M'CUBBIN, J. Earthquake in North Britain. Nature 57, 391 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/057391a0
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