Abstract
DURING October 1942, twenty-four earthquakes were registered on the seismograms obtained at the Geophysical Observatory at Toledo. The greatest shock was on October 20 when, from an epicentre calculated to have been some 12,010 km. distant, an earthquake recorded PPz at 23h. 41m. 25s. U.T. and attained a maximum ground amplitude at Toledo of 170 µ. The shock finished recording at 0lh. 30m. U.T. on October 21. Other strong shocks were on October 9 (max. ampl. 50 µ), October 26 (max. ampl. 27 µ) and October 28 (max. ampl. 2 µ). The earthquake of October 14 which began recording at Toledo with ePz at 8h. 26m. 45s. U.T. had an estimated epicentral distance from Toledo of 390 km. The epicentre may have been situated at lat. 38° 50' N,, long. 0° 55' W., which is nearly 80 km. north-north-west of Alicante, and the focus may have been some 29 km. deep. Microseisms interfered with some of the interpretations during the month all interpretations being provisional.
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Earthquakes Registered in Spain. Nature 151, 194 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151194d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151194d0