Cordula Daus

Source: Servicio Sismológico de Chile

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seismogram, 16.8.1906

From: Toponymisches Heft No. 3 – Seismolology, p. 5.

 

‚Beginning of the earthquake of August 16 1906‘ scraped into the smoked paper. A seismocope located at the National Observatory in Santiago records the event which occurred at 19:55 local time in Valparaíso/Chile. Due to the strong vibrations the recording needle snapped.

 

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