Scottish Geographical Magazine 1899 Vol. 15 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Scottish Geographical Magazine 1899 Vol. 15<br><br>Now the distance between Tokyo and Potsdam is 5110 miles measured along the chord and 5560 miles measured along the arc. Assuming then that the origin of the earthquake was not very far distant from Tokyo we find that certain tremors started by the earthquake must have travelled at a rate of 400 miles per minute or nearly seven miles per second; that the vibrations which produced the maximum motion travelled at the rate of 110 miles per minute or nearly two miles per second; while the most slowly moving disturbances attained an average speed of only 34 miles per minute or fully half a mile per second.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.