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Professor K. F. Mather, seismologist for the University and one of the most prominent geological authorities in the country, in an interview with the CRIMSON, said that the earthquake in Concord had no connection with the devastating one in Japan...
...Concord earthquake was of a sort very apt to occur in New England when the ground melts in early spring, said Professor Mather, and is caused by small faults developing along frost cracks. The recent Japanese quake, however, was brought about by a slipping of land masses along a fundamental fault which lies near the shore. The serious Japanese earthquake of 1923 was also caused by this same fault...
...This scale is based upon the amount of damage done by an earthquake, 10 representing complete destruction and 1 representing an imperceptible tremor. The degrees between these extremes are measured according to whether chimneys are toppled, the amount of vibration felt by people, and so forth. The earthquake in Concord was probably about intensity 4, enough to frighten people...
When asked whether the seismograph at the University Museum had recorded these recent quakes. Professor Mather said that it had responded to the one at Concord, but that there had been no record of the tremor in Japan. This was probably due to the disturbances which have been caused by the construction on the new Chemical Laboratory next door, where the steam shovels cause small earthquakes...
...Concord N. H., February 22--In an overtime struggle the St. Paul's School hockey team today defeated the Harvard Freshmen...