. Guide leaflet. the UnitedStates and of other countries have mani-fested a widespread interest in the occur-rence and distribution of earthquakes and inthe kinds of instruments which have beendevised for recording them. With thegradual increase in the number of seismo-logical stations in various parts of the A «!k ?li^^^¥^ ft i ^ -1^^^ r 1 ^1 P^ ^^^^^En ~ ^r/ r ? * .11- HVJe World Pfiotograph A view of the wreckage of the cityof Melfi, Italy, after the eartli-quakeofjuly 23,1930. Almost theentire Mediterranean is includedin the geologically young zonethat continues across Asia Minorand the

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. Guide leaflet. the UnitedStates and of other countries have mani-fested a widespread interest in the occur-rence and distribution of earthquakes and inthe kinds of instruments which have beendevised for recording them. With thegradual increase in the number of seismo-logical stations in various parts of the A «!k ?li^^^¥^ ft i ^ -1^^^ r 1 ^1 P^ ^^^^^En ~ ^r/ r ? * .11- HVJe World Pfiotograph A view of the wreckage of the cityof Melfi, Italy, after the eartli-quakeofjuly 23,1930. Almost theentire Mediterranean is includedin the geologically young zonethat continues across Asia Minorand the Himalayas to the EastIndies and beyond f Italy Tacrmina, Sicily, looking towardthe active volcano, Mt. Aetna,and with the ruins of an ancientGreek theater in the and Messina wereseverely shaken in 1908. Theloss of life exceeded 100, famous volcano of Sicilyand the fact that earthquakes arenot uncommonly felt in the island,demonstrate its geologic youth Publishers Photo Service 5. ^

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