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Image: Close up of Earthquake House, Comrie. - geograph.org.uk - 242045

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Description: Close up of Earthquake House, Comrie. Lying on the Highland Boundary Fault, Comrie has experienced many tremors in the past, hence its nickname, "Shaky Town". The World's first seismometer was set up here in 1840 and housed in this building in 1869.
Title: Close up of Earthquake House, Comrie. - geograph.org.uk - 242045
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Author: Bill Cresswell
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