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accompanied amplitude apparatus appear arches barometer Belluno beneath buildings calculated cause cavity centre coast Cobija column countries cracks curve depth destructive earthquakes determine direction distance districts disturbance earth pulsations effects elastic epicentrum examples explosion feet per second felt fissures fractures greater number ground Hakodate height horizontal hyperbola indicate instance instruments intensity Iquique Japan large earthquakes Lisbon Mallet maximum Mejillones miles moon mountains movements nature Neapolitan earthquake number of earthquakes observed obtained occurred ocean origin oscillations pendulum period phenomena plate portion pressure probably produced Professor propagated quakes records remarks right angles Riobamba rise Robert Mallet rock Rossi sea waves seismographs seismology Seismometer shaking shock similar small earthquakes South America southern hemisphere spring sudden sun spots surface swing syzygies take place temperature tides tion Tokio Trans transverse transverse waves tremors velocity velocity of propagation vertical motion vibrations walls whilst Yokohama
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