EARTHQUAKES.
Extent of Misery inflicted by great Earthquakes—Earthquake
Regions—Earthquakes in England—Great Number of
Earthquakes—Vertical and Undulatory Shocks—Warnings of
Earthquakes—Sounds attending Earthquakes—Remarkable
Displacements of Objects—Extent and Force of Seismic
Wave Motion—Effects of Earthquakes on the Sea—Enormous
Waves on Coasts—Oscillations of the Ocean—Fissures,
Landslips, and shattering Falls of Rock caused by
Earthquakes—Causes of Earthquakes—Probable Depth of
Focus—Opinions of Sir Charles Lyell and Mr. Poulett
Scrope—Impressions produced on Man and Animals by
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