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Fore-shocks, 321; of Neapolitan earthquake, 40; of Ischian earthquake, 57; of Andalusian earthquake, 76; of Charleston earthquake, 107; of Riviera earthquake, 142; of Japanese earthquake, 201; of Hereford earthquake, 239; of Inverness earthquake, 246
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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Ischian earthquakes and volcanic phenomena, the changes in the fumaroles and hot springs which preceded or accompanied or followed the earthquakes of 1828, 1881, and 1883.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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I will give Dr. Johnston-Lavis's explanation of this detached meizoseismal area when discussing the origin of the Ischian earthquakes; but the evidence seems to me to favour either the existence of two distinct foci or, more probably perhaps, the extension of the fissure to the south with an increased impulse beneath the centre of Epomeo.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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Thus, the rapid decline of intensity from the epicentre outwards shows that, in each of the four great Ischian earthquakes, the depths of the focus must have been very small.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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In all respects, tectonic earthquakes differ widely from the Ischian shocks.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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Except in their relations with actual eruptions, the Ischian earthquakes resemble closely the true volcanic earthquakes which from time to time shake the flanks of Etna.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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The Ischian earthquakes are described as examples of those connected with volcanic action; the
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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Neapolitan and Ischian earthquakes, when the destruction wrought by the earthquake furnishes evidence of the greater value.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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Ischian springs and fumaroles sometimes varies considerably without any earthquake following, that of the water of Gurgitello occasionally changing by as much as 30° or 40°.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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Riviera or northern Italy in the last three centuries; though, during the nineteenth century, there were three Italian earthquakes of far greater destructive power, but all confined to the southern part of the peninsula -- namely, the Neapolitan earthquakes of 1805 and 1857, and the Ischian earthquake of 1883.
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison 1899
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