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AT the end of May, the after-shocks of the Bihar earthquake of January 15 increased in frequency and strength. The strongest, which occurred at about 1 A.M. on May 31, seems to have originated within the focus of the principal earthquake, for it caused alarm at Muzaffurpur, Patna and other places in its epicentral area. So far as is known, there was no loss of life and no damage except that walls injured in January collapsed, while fissures that had become filled with dust reappeared. Shocks were also felt about noon on the same day in Assam, the first of which is reported to have lasted two minutes and to have been felt in Calcutta.
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After-Shocks of the Bihar Earthquake. Nature 133, 863 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133863d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133863d0