Abstract
FURTHER news has come to hand concerning this shock. According to the Bureau central seismologique de Strasbourg, from reports received from thirty seismological stations the epicentre of the most severe shock was at 7-5° S., 159-6° E., depth of focus probably 100 km. and starting time 2h. 55m. 35s. G.C.T. According to reports from the islands, the shock and after-shocks lasted for several days. One of the islands most seriously affected was Guadalcanar, where a number of buildings were wrecked, and where a wave following the shock swamped a number of native villages. On Ysabel Island houses were damaged, and in the Cape Marsh district of the Russell Islands wharves and houses were wrecked. In the island of Savo, surface faults were visible, but there was no loss of life. Altogether nine children and three adults of the indigenous population were drowned.
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