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ive. Nevertheless we can scarcely avoid the impression
that the macroseisms at Reykjavík have been more fre-
quent during the latter half of the period. Light earth-
quakes are, as the Table shows, rather frequent at
Reykjavík, but disastrous earthquakes have, on the
other hand, never been recorded from Reykjavík, al-
though we are in possession of pretty good information
about heavy earthquakes which have occurred in other
parts of the country.
TABLE.
Year Number
Intensity III IV V VI
1818 3
1825 18/l V, 21/, III 1 1
1829 21/2 III 1
1833 5/l2 III 1
1838 Febr. — April III ... . 1
1839 28/, III 1
1847 1 </» IV 1
1853 28/4 III, 30/4 III, 2/5 III .. . 3
1860 1% III, 20/„ IV, 81/u V. . . 1 1 1
1863 ■lU III 1
1864 l6/2 v 1
1868 2/n VI 1
1874 22/4 m 1
1878 27/2 iii 1
1884 4/s III 1
1886 1/10 III 1
1887 28/io IV, »/u III 1 1
1889 13/io VI 1
1890 2Vo IV, 28/jq III 1 1
1893 18/ll III 1
3894 n/3 III, «/7 III 2
1895 14/l2 V 1
1896 27/8 VI. 5/a V, W/» III, 21/9 IV
18/12 III 2 1 1 1
1898 12/s III, 2«/10 III 2
1899 27/2 V 1
1900 7/4 III 1 í