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AN earthquake of moderate intensity was recorded at Kew Observatory on September 15. The P waves started at 23h. 21m. 42s. G.M.T. on the seismogram and the epicentral distance lias been calculated to be provisionally 2,690 km. On September 18 an earthquake was reported as having had its epicentre approximately 50 miles from Vienna. This shock damaged nearly all the buildings in the small village near the epicentre, and two people are reported killed. On September 20 several earth tremors were experienced in Greece. Early in the day severe shocks rocked the town of Patras, and much apprehension was caused, though there appears to have been no resultant damage or loss of life. Shocks were felt also in several parts of the Peloponnesus, including Pyrgos, though here also no damage is reported. Minor tremors are relatively common in Greece, though shocks such as the one of April 22, 1928, which partly destroyed Corinth, are not so frequent. The last severe earthquake in Greece was probably that of July 20, 1938, which did damage at Scala Oropos and adjacent villages.
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Other Recent Earthquakes. Nature 144, 589–590 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144589d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144589d0