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IV.—On the Effect of the Great Japanese Earthquake of 1891 on the Seismic Activity of the Adjoining Districts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Charles Davison
Affiliation:
King Edward&s Hight School, Birmingham.

Extract

The problem I have tried to solve in this paper is, whether the Mino-Owari, or great Japanese, earthquake of 1891 had any effect on the seismic activity of the surrounding regions. The effect we might anticipate would be either an increase or decreasein the frequency of shocks in those regions soon after the occurrenceof the principal earthquake—a decrease if the stress were thereby diminished over the whole district, an increase if the stress were relieved in the central area and partially transferred to those adjoining it.

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Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1897

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References

page 23 note 1 Prof J. Milne, Brit. Assoc. Rep. 1892, p. 117.Google Scholar

page 24 note 1 Seismol, . Journ. of Japan., vol. iv, 1895.Google Scholar

page 24 note 2 This map is bounded by the parallels 34° 40' and 37° 20' of north latitude, and by the meridians 1° 0' and 4° 30' west of Tokio.

page 25 note 1 Occasionally an epicentre is defined in Professor Milne's catalogues as lying between two consecutive rectangles. In these cases I have counted half with each, and this accounts for the occurrence of fractional figures in the table.