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VII.—The British Earthquakes of the Years 1908 and 1909

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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Since the Swansea earthquake of June 27, 1906, no strong shock has visited these islands, and, with one exception, all those felt in the years 1908 and 1909 were comparatively slight tremors. The list includes 36 earthquakes, all of them originating in Scotland. The most important were the Dunoon earthquake of July 3, 1908, and the Ochil earthquake of October 20, 1908, the latter being the strongest shock felt in that district during the present century. The remaining tremors occurred in the Ochil district, and the great majority of them would have remained entirely unknown to seismologists had it not been for the interest taken in them by Mr. W. H. Lindsay and Mr. T. J. H Drysdale of Menstrie, Mr. J. Dempster of Airthrey, and Dr. W. L. Cunningham of Alva. To the courtesy of these gentlemen I am indebted for the principal materials of this paper.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1910

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page 316 note 1 Geol. Mag., 1908, Vol. V, pp. 297–8.Google Scholar

page 317 note 1 See Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1907, vol. lxiii, pl. xxvi.Google Scholar

page 319 note 1 Such as those of September 17 and 22, 1900; July 23, October 8, December 28 and 30, 1905; and October 20 (4.13 p.m.), 1908.

page 320 note 1 I am indebted to the kindness of my former teacher, Professor G. A. Lebour, for the first records of this earth-shake.