United States Earthquakes, 1956
... sounds , as before earthquake . Beth t l Cape ung One report of cracked plaster . Buildings creaked ; if distant ... like Oakhurst . Felt by all . Houses rocked . earthquake . Many thought it was an explosion at one of the refining ...
New England Earthquakes
... noise accompanied the shocks . " At Calais " the tremors were preceded by a noise like thunder . " Milbridge reported a “ rumbling sound . " Old Town indicated that the earthquake was “ accompanied by rumbling sounds which lasted for a ...
United States Earthquakes
... sounds , as if distant thunder or explosion , heard 1 or 2 seconds before earthquake . Bizby .--- Felt by and ... like Oakhurst.- -Felt by all . Houses rocked . Clock on table moved visibly . Buildings shook . Houses shook ; door ...
On Earthquake-Sounds
... earthquakes are given in illustration . At Penryn , the Cornwall earthquake of 1892 consisted of two distinct vibrations , each followed by tremulous motion ; each was also accompanied by a sound like the crash of a heavy weight on the ...
Bulletin of the Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee
... like discharge of gun . ( Loud sound heard ( exact ob- ( servation wanting ) ... like distant thunders heard toward the NW . ( 2 ) ( 4 ) After 5 min . , another shaking ... sound . The Eruptions and Earthquakes of the Asama - yama . 71.
Earthquakes and Other Earth Movements
John Milne. With the microphone Rossi hears sounds which he describes as roarings , explosions , occurring isolated or in volleys , metallic and bell - like sounds , ticking , & c . , which , he says , revealed natural telluric phenomena ...
Publications of the Earthquake Investigation Committee in foreign languages
... Earthquake Sounds . 64. In many cases , a rumbling sound like that of a distant thunder , or a rushing sound like a blast of wind is heard just before , or simultaneously with , the arrival of the tremblings of the ground , when the ...
Report of the Great Earthquake of 12th June, 1897
... sounds came to us from west - north - west of Theingale . * The sounds were not at all like the rumbling of earthquakes I have heard before , and quite deceived me and my hunters , who were all especially intelligent in jungle matters and ...
Publications of the Earthquake Investigation Committee in Foreign Languages
... Earthquake Sounds . 64. In many cases , a rumbling sound like that of a distant thunder , or a rushing sound like a blast of wind is heard just before , or simultaneously with , the arrival of the tremblings of the ground , when the ...
Earthquake Papers
... as to the direction from which the shock came , but it is pretty generally believed that it came from the west . Accompanying the movement of the earth was a peculiar kind of noise , sounding like the rum- ble of a railroad train ...
United States Earthquakes
... like a boat on sea but more gently . Shock seemed to come from a little west to northwest . Dresser rocked back and ... sound like thunder was heard , evidently due to the earthquake . Belfast : Two shocks felt by several . Sound ...
The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906
Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission ... California. State Earthquake ... sound - waves do the air , so that it is a physical impos- sibility for ... like distant thun- der , preceding shake , being loudest at commencement of ...
The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes
... earthquake shocks , that it was if as thunder clouds occupied the space below the surface at that part of the earth and from these clouds there came the slow rolling sounds like short , quick , snaps of thunder . Major Dutton in his ...
Earthquake Conditions in Chile
... sound began simultaneously with the temblor . It sounded like thunder . His house was built on solid rock of wood frame and roof of galvanized iron . A part of the plaster fell . A jar , full of " loza , " fell to the floor and rolled ...
Bulletin of the Seismographic Stations
... sound which was distinctly heard by a large proportion of the residents of Berkeley . Several observers re- ported that the shock began with a sound like that of a boiler explosion . At Berkeley the earthquake had an intensity of about ...
The Elements of Physical Geography, for the Use of Schools, Adacemies, and Colleges
... Earthquake in Calabria . Earthquakes may therefore be divided into two kinds ... like motion , in which the ground rises and falls in broad undulations ... sounds . 48. The velocity of earthquake motion , of course , varies ...
The Elements of Physical Geography
... Earthquake in Calabria . Earthquakes may therefore be divided into two kinds ... like motion , in which the ground rises and falls in broad undulations ... sounds . 48. The velocity of earthquake motion , of course , varies ...
A Lexical Concordance to the Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
... like dew The green earth on which ye tread , which riseth up As from the ... like a sea o'er the warm earth glide , Laughed round her footsteps up from the ... sound 194 EARTH - EARTHQUAKE . Dirge for Year Dirge for the Year 229.
Geological Magazine
... noise like that of a slight explosion . 30. May 22 , 1909 : 5.24 p.m.- A slight shock felt at Menstrie . 31. May 22 , 1909 : 8.23 p.m. - A shock , of intensity 5 , felt at Airthrey ; accompanied by a sound ... earthquake of October 20 ...