EARTHQUALES.

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1467, 7 November 1884, Page 3

EARTHQUALES.

(Melbourne Telegraph.) The fi-pqu-TH-v wit'» whirh T^nriW' ntvl fclip Australian Colonies have bten vi.vfcr"! d:i-in r t.hs last few mouths. wii!> • •i" l .'}n'vi'< ' .'l^^T-'in '■>'"»•' h-is ca'W 1 •'»» inthovit.iHS at the Melbourne O''»««-vatory to. have, careful observations taken with the view of ascertain- .. iug the locality and possible extent of V l|ip phenomena. It has bf on ascertain^.' that th«* disturbances, which, with one <j£ two exceptions, can only be styled **arth tremors, emanated from a point . Rnmewherp north-east of the coast of Tasmania, and it is- therofore considcertain that tbft centre of action either lies nnder the sea uorf;Jif of Tasmania, or offliKe west coast 06 New Zealand. Mr Ellery states that the data are. not yet sufficiently clear to speak with confvlcnof! on tne p-iiifr. Yin In is st L .!s!i--l that th" cmfiM'vrl vib-i^ion o? the. hii-M/^: snrfaw m this part of Australia, which it'll ti! quite recently has bpen comparatively free from such disturbances, leads t.o the conclusion tint a new Yegion of volcanic activity bos been ■formed not very far away. Should ■ "the shocks continue and increase in ■SPXenty, an ernntion or upheaval of the . earth's crust might not unreasonably be expected either in Tasmania, New Zealand, or at sea somewhere between the two islands. The tremors appear to come from a new centre, and if they ■continue to increase, the whole thing might culminate in-a volcanic outburst. . So long, however, as the disturbances continue, Mr Flleryv thinks it quite -vHthicivtliff reason of possibility that vvp may be visite-1 somiof these fine dayp . with k very severe shock of earthquake. Tfhis stjock wonld most likely come either from the south-east of Australia. the north-west of Tasmania, or the islands in Banks' straights. Mr Clayton ■who resides at Donald street, College liiwn, Prahran. states that he experienced a shock of earthquake at his louse on Friday evening last, at about the same, time at which similar pheno ■nfena wei'e felt at Cunninghame, Maffra, Por Albert, and Sale, in Gippsland. He states that about half-past 8 o'clock on the ni&ht in question his attention was attracted by the flickering of the gaslights in the hall, whu:h w.is followed by a peculiar rumbling noise. Hiwalked put into the. opeu air and on returning experienced a waving motion ■qf the earth, and noticed the lustres of the ohandliers waving, the bird cages waving about, and the birds fluttering aod.frightned. Other people in the hdjosjp experienced the same peculiarities, and it was ageed by those present that it was due to volcanic disturbances ■of a mild form. '