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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Feature o 1 i o n last month s temblor in Southern Montana off roads impasse of. Prond to � City Hall Only the dome Rod out the Quak that struck april 18, 1906. He quivers she quakes like a Basket of snakes Cornice wrecked car to Seattle during 949 Quaka that killed five and injured 55, it s an awesome feeling when Mother nature begins her often disastrous belly done by Frank e. Carey a staff writer judging from the number of Earth Quick of she Perates Mother Earth Inas a Jit Leas us a nightclub belly dancer. Fortunately for humanity or shimmy ing u pretty subdued most of the time. Seismologist of the . Coast and Geo Detic Survey estimate that fore than a million earthquakes occur throughout the world every apr. They Range from minor temblor that Are barely noticeable to catastrophic shocks like the big leaguer that shuddered great area of the Amer loan North West inst month. The latter temblor which is Felt All the Way from Montana to British Colum Bia packed an Energy punch equivalent to 4,000 atomic bombs of the Hiroshima Type. That is. It had the Wallop of 160 billion pounds of int. Small wonder that among other and cup Ucol vamps. It Faustel a whole Mountainside  into a River. Of the million earthquakes occurring annually Only about 700 Are real Toughie capable of causing considerable damage in the area who they occur. This dam age is often limited to damaging houses especially chimneys. But in her worst Rock v Roll outlet Mother Karth is quite  ruptures of the Earth s surface occur relatively Seldom but when the try do cracks up to Iso Miles Long 70 to " wide and 50 feet deep Noni flies a a opened up. At Tonus  Groat cracks close quickly again burying whatever fell into them. Landslides avalanches and splitting of Mountain i Saks can occur As of Earth shrugs writhes and oscillates to Relief tvs pressures that have been built up inside it. A rumble like Thunder or gunfire usually proc Les the Shock and the comeing wbb in the Arth sur fort. Roller on the sea. Buildings shudder court pc. A arts of Grout highways shift sideway a Railroad tracks Are a int int bizarre Patton is huge Bridges Sway and wat a geysers botch from the Worth people in Tho area a com Yauae blvd frown the heaving motion which away inuit _. Only a matter of a cond. Anim out and Birds cower in of or. 1 f Ndu Luoi elot a Stop dead. Most of the world s Grout Earth quake originate a n a t h the sen who Tucy causes 111 tic concern. But Onu of the a produce great 8 Vay that Roll along at up to Coo Niph in the of n continued on Page it september 2, 1959 the stars and stripes  
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