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How giant quake registered at Caltech

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Order Number	00057382
Title	How giant quake registered at Caltech
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 528.
Date	1946
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Chart shows the recordings on the Caltech seismograph apparatus of the mighty earthquake which struck the Caribbean area yesterday, 3000 miles away. Spectacular pendulum swings of the needle were so strong, as shown in this photo, that an attendant had to block the recording needle's path to keep it from running off the recording drum to where it could not come back. Photo dated: Augut 5, 1946.
Subject	Earthquakes. Earth movements. Seismic waves. Seismometers. Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection