European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Two Rescue workers stand amid the rubble left by a 1953 earthquake in Greece. Nature does its belly dance a scientist measures the intensity of a quake registered on Seismograph. _ i. Frokt from Page in and May splash to height of 125 feet a they break upon a coastline. In the Tia a average of goo to to quakes of varying intensity take place each year the Large majority in the West but Only about 29 of these Are listed As mod Erate to and real Wallo pers like last month occur Only once every two or three years in this country. In the United states at least say Frank Neumann a government Geo phys dist then is probably less Chance of being injured a killed during an Earth quake than when taking a weekend Auto Mobile trip. Jost about we persons have Bee killed in the United states by earthquakes since the country was slotted and 700 of these were lost in the California Earth quake of 1906, Many of them in the fires that followed the world s hot spot Lor earthquakes lie in two great belts. One of these per haps the Motr sales of the two is Abelt that rim the entire Pacific Ocean including the american Pacific coast an the Western Mountain Region and a Large part of Alaska Hie other major Belt branches off tothe West extending across the Southern portion of Eurasia through the Mediterranean area to the Atlantic Ocean. Some countries of the world have very Lew example Australia and Russia. But great earthquakes occasionally occur outside the main trouble Sones. Jav to the bus., for example one of his tory 20 known greatest earthquake a " curved in 1811 in new Madrid in South Eastern Missouri an area not considered earthquake prone in the popular mind. This quake was Felt Over two thirds of the . But fortunately new Madrid where it was entered was Only sparsely populated at the time. And Charleston far remove from the country s main Shock Belt has the dubious distinction of having suffered the greatest cart Shock Ever recorded in the Eastern . That temblor in august1886, was Felt As far away As Chicago and Boston. Next to the far West area the principal earthquake Bolt of the . Lies in the St Lawrence Valley including new Yor state and upper new England. It was in this Belt in 1663 that the earliest recorded earthquake of destructive intensity Felt in this country occurred. It was Centre debt Ween the present Sites of Montreal and Quebec and great landslides kept the Stlawrence Muddy for a month. Parts of new England have Felt nature s rumblings from time to time with the severest earthquake for that area occurring in november 1775. As recently As 19, All new England was shaken by a Strong submarine earthquake off the grand Banks. The direct cause of most earthquakes Isth rupturing of great masses of Rock Many Miles beneath the surface of the Earth. Like Knuckles opposing Knuckles a Dif Ference in pressure builds up in adjacent Rock formations which have different physical structures and therefore differ ent conditions of density and tempera Ture. One Day the pressure difference be comes so great that a sudden sliding or slipping movement of one of the formations occurs. This results in an Earth quake. The just Aposhian of such Rock formations is called a fault and the Best known of such faults in the . Is Cali fornia s san Andreas fault this is a Long rift in the Earth s crust extending from just North of the mexican Border and snaking northwestward through the coast ranges past the Golden Gate to elongated Tomales Bay where it slide into the sea. The Block of the san Andreas fault on the oceanic Side creeps northwestward a about two inches a year but in 1906 when san Francisco suffered its de True love quake the fault rebounded 21 feet in just a few minutes. While Sharp slipping or sliding of such faults constitute the immediate causes of quakes the ultimate causes Are less certain. However the commonest theory is that instabilities in the Earth due to Mountain building and the action of volcanoes Are largely responsible. In fact the Standard theory advanced to account for the West Ern predominance of . Earthquakes i that the Rockies Are Young mountains in terms of geological time and therefor Are still slowly rising. Americans in Norway " i Ian assignment to nato he in does t necessarily make a Viking of an american melt try nmn. But Many a former landlubber who never gave a thought to boating finds a Little of the sea spirit in himself after viewing the incomparable rugged Beauty of the fjords and islands near Oslo. Back in the . This year 40 million citizens in 8 million boats Are spending $2.5 million on the pleasant pastime of boating according to recent statistic on a much smaller scale Many Amer ican nato and Maag personnel have discovered that boating on the fjords of Norway can be the most interesting and least expensive Way to spend late summer and Early autumn in this Rocky watery land. So today the fjords Are dotted with sailboats and suck pcs special 19 to 32 foot seaworthy norwegian Craft in appearance reminiscent of the curved Viking ships which a thousand years ago set out from Scandinavia to plunder areas As far across the seas As America and As far in land As Paris. Now boats manned by enthusiastic american and British boating families sport foreign flags instead of striped sails and Viking banners. Foreign families fit easily into the norwegian Way of water be which $ sizes informal lord fun without the tic and expense of belonging to and participating in Many Orgetas and competitions. Almost i Mekka or conventional info boats to the More expensive which require More boating know to experience than military Famille time to acquire on assignment Hert Nekka owners quickly team to elements and etiquette of Mot Orfe let the fumes disperse before a the motor be careful with Eig Arefe an extra can of gasoline aboard a give sailboats the right of Way a i the american colors unless a nor evening spent on the fjords in a of Craft ,. T ,1 Forest rimmed coves Are Fine for bathing. Breakf v rt1 anglers try their Luck on Island Shore. The the stars and stripes
