326 ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. 



EARTHQUAKES IN 1853. 



The following memoranda of earthquakes have been made since 

 November 2d, 1852. 



Nov, 2. Shock of earthquake at Richmond, Petersburg, and Scotts- 

 ville, Va., at G 35, P. M. 



6. Shock of earthquake at Santiago de Cuba, in the night. 



8. Two shocks of earthquake at Reggio, Sicily, in the morning. 



9. Shock of earthquake at Liverpool, England, and suburbs, includ- 

 ing Manchester 31 miles distant its greatest force was along the river 

 and particularly at Bootle at 4,30, A. M.; also over a large portion of 

 Ireland. 



10. Earthquake shocks and seaquakes at Amboyna, E. I. 



16. Shock of earthquake at Banda Neiro, and other islands of the 

 E. I., at 7 40, A. M.; and at 8, A. M., a seaquake. 



1 7. Shock of earthquake at Lima, S. A. 



19. Shock of earthquake at Valparaiso, S. A. 



23. Shock of earthquake in California, accompanied with thunder 

 and lightning and the bursting of a lake, a little before midnight. 



24. Shock of earthquake at Lake Merced, Cal., and the waters par- 

 tially discharged through a fracture supposed to be caused by the 

 earthquake. 



25. Severe shock of earthquake at Port au Prince in the night. 



26. Shocks of earthquake at St. Jago de Cuba, at 3 25, A. M., at 4, 

 and 7, A. M., at 2 25, P. M., followed by cholera, small pox and fever. 

 Shock at Jamaica ; severe shock at Port au Prince. Earth and sea- 

 quakes at Ceram and Amboyna about 8 30, A. M.: about Ternate and 

 Caebrian at 8, A. M. 



27. Smart shock of earthquake at Salem, Mass., about 11, P. M.; at 

 Exeter, N. II., shaking houses and chimneys ; an explosion and roar 

 heard at Newburyport, Mass., and along the valley of the Merrimac, 

 at 11 45, P. M.; at Beverly, Woburn, Groton, and'Wenham, Mass., 

 and Danvers, Amesbury, Topsfield, Hamilton, Ipswich and Ports- 

 mouth : at Lima, S. A.; also at sea, at 7, A. M. 



29. Earthquake at San Diego, Cal.; Fort Yuma, Cal, at 12 20, fol- 

 lowed by more than a dozen shocks in the course of a day or two at 

 Cauipo Yuba, on the Gila, Cal., at 12, P. M., and during the rest of the 

 day and evening more than a dozen slight shocks were felt. Also on 

 the Colorado River, Mexico ; a vessel on the sea at one time being 

 high and dry ; the earth thrown up and banks thrown down. 



Dec. 4. Earthquake at Acapulco, S. A., the first shock about 10 20, 

 P. M. 



5. Shock of earthquake every hour or so at Acapulco. S. A. 

 Shock about 11, P. M., at Campo Yuma, on the Gila, Cal. 



Dec. 6, 7, 8, 9. Shocks of earthquake every hour or so, at Acapul- 

 co, S. A. 



10. Two slight shocks of earthquake at Kingston, Jamaica, in A.M. 



15. Shock of an earthquake at Carl ton, Orleans Co., N. Y., at 4, 

 P.M. 



