Abstract
ON June 11, 1909, towns in south-eastern France, and particularly those in the district of Provence, were shattered by an earthquake. The places which suffered most were Salon, Lambesc, Saint-Cannat, Rognes, and Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade. Roughly speaking, the damage done to structures was estimated at 16,000,000 francs, which means something more than half a million sterling. From a monetary point of view this is a large sum, and it no doubt represents the effects of an unusually large earthquake. Had a similar rock adjustment taken place beneath a large city this sum would have been greatly magnified. The damage at San Francisco has been estimated at 7o,ooo,oool. sterling. Naturally, the disaster excited the imagination, and survivors have speculated on the cause of earthquakes. One outcome of the thoughts which were so rudely created is the book by the Abbé Moreux.
Les Tremblements de Terre.
By l'Abbé Moreux. Pp. vii + 378. (Paris: Henri Jouve, 1909.) Price 4 francs.
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MILNE, J. Les Tremblements de Terre . Nature 83, 5 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083005a0
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