The Jamaica Earthquake (1907) Author(s): Vaughan Cornish Source: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3 (Mar., 1908), pp. 245-271 Published by: geographicalj Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1777429 Accessed: 27-06-2016 10:40 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Wiley, The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Geographical Journal This content downloaded from 128.197.26.12 on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:40:20 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms The Geographical Journal. No. 3. MARCH, 1908. VOL. XXXI. THE JAMAICA EARTHQUAKE (1907).* By VAUTGHAN CORNISH, D.Sc., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., F.C.S., M.J.S. IN a paper read before the Society in 1899, I introduced the term "K umatology" to define the co-ordinate study of the waves of the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere; and from 1897 to 1907 I have travelled in search of these phenomena, and presented papers upon some of them to the Society. My first experience of seismic waves on an important scale came to me without seeking when I happened to be at Kingston, Jamaica, on January 14, 1907.