Prof. Omori, commenting on the recent earthquake in Formosa, states substantially as follows Destructive earthquakes are not rare in Formosa. In the course of 251 from the middle of the h century up to the present, 1 rthquakes occurred in Formosa, 12 ocourred in the art of the Island, namely in the plain extending from Kagi to Tainan, and the remaining five in the northern extremity of the island, namely in the vicinity of Tamsui, Kelung, or 7 Giran.
The centre of the severe earthquake that occurred in Formosa on April 24, 1904, was a narrow belt of land parallel ngitudinal axis of Formos, and neighbourhood of Torokugai and Teikogai in the north, to Kanteibyogai and Banshoryogai in the
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