Abstract
THE earthquake widely noted in Britain on December 30, 1944, was recorded at Kew. From a preliminary reading of the record, it appears to have registered first at 00h. 36m. 14s. G.M.T. from an epicentral distance of 300 km. This would make the initial time of the shock 00h. 35m. 35s. G.M.T. Four strong shocks were recorded at Kew between January 9 and February 13, 1945. The strongest was on February 10, when an earthquake beginning in the region of Japan attained a ground amplitude of 145 µ at Kew. Mr. E. W. Pollard recorded two strong shocks on January 12 and 18, and earthquakes or tremors on February 10, 13, 17, 18 and 26 at his observatory at Binstead, Isle of Wight. The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey determined the epicentre of the earthquake of January 1, 1945, to have been near Baffin Bay.
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Recent Earthquakes Recorded in the British Isles. Nature 155, 423 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155423a0
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