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THE earthquake of August 31, which, from the locality in which its greatest power was displayed, will generally be known as the “Charleston Earthquake” was, perhaps, the most notable disturbance occurring within the limits of the United States of which we have any knowledge. It is entitled to this rank both on account of the wide area over which it was distinctly felt, and of the magnitude of the disaster which it caused in the immediate vicinity of the point of maximum intensity.
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By Prof. T. C. Mendenhall, Assistant. From the Monthly Weather Review, U.S. Signal Service, August 1886
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Report on the Charleston Earthquake 1 . Nature 35, 31–33 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/035031a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/035031a0