Professor Omori Explores Earthquake Zone

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, Cal. · Aug 8, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 3.

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Professor Omori Explores Earthquake Zone

Professor Omori, of the Imperial University at Tokio, Japan, has been making an exhaustive exploration of the territory affected by the recent earthquake in California. Probably none of the scientists have gone into actual territorial research to such an extent as he. His conclusion is that the zone of greatest shock extends from Point Reyes to Point Arena. He states that "altho there are not many buildings in this zone, the effect on the lands and on the buildings that were affected shows this to be the center of the seismic disturbance.