Excerpt from A Catalogue of Destructive Earthquakes, A. D. 7 to A. D. 1899 Although much time has been expended on the analyses of these catalogues it is not surprising to find that the outcome has been more suggestive than definitive, and but little has been learned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.