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TRANS. ST. LOUIS ACAD. SCIEN'CE. 



Date. Loc 



1872. 

 Mar. 26 Mexico 



26 Paducah. Ky. . . 



27 Salt Lake 

 27 Oaxai 



April 3 Antioch, Syria 



(, Vesuvius . . 



14 & is Acra. Africa 



15 Java 



June 



July 



19 ; 



io Memphis, Ttnn.. 



2-v Japan 



4 Ashland,Virginia 



5 Valparaiso 

 37 Georgia, U. S. . 

 2j Copiabo 



8 Missouri, western 



15 p.m. counties 



1 ' Long Island, New 

 5:25A.M York 



!2Chopee, Klian- 

 7 p.m. 1 deesh, Atn.-.lner, 

 Duri. 



Dhulia, i ilgaor 

 15 Tripatore. India. 

 27 Valparaiso .... 

 August 6 Colima, Mexico 



8 Scotland 



13 S.mdwich Islands 



Sept. 7 Italy 



14 Inyo Co., Cal. . . . 



15 Vokahama, Japan 



- i . China 



28 Lima Peru 



October 2 .->an Franc'co.Cal. 

 9 Iowa and Dakota. 



ilifornia 



18 New South Wales 

 Nov. 12 California and 



\e\ ada 



13 Derby, England. 

 4:10P.M. 



iS New Hampshire . 

 Dec. 10 Helena, Montana 

 4:30 P.M. 



7 A.M. 



14 



9:30 P.M. 



<S 

 ■5 (?) 



Characteristics . 



were of almost daily occurrence till the 17th 

 oi .May. when one occurred lasting :o seconds. 



Supposed to be synchronous with the one in 

 California. Felt through several of the Mexi- 

 can States. 



Slight shock 



Destroyed many churches and dwellings 



Severeshock, lasting 40 seconds, destroying 

 large portion of the ancient city, and buryin^ 

 hundreds of the inhabitants, the number of 

 killed being estimated at more than 1,000 



Eruption ...t 



Several violent shocks 



Violent e uption of volcano, destroying many 

 lives and much property 



j-> houses destroyed 



Author iff. 



Daily press 



Sharp 

 Slight 



Slight, lasting about one 



Slight 



Three shocks 



Slight 



Strongest since 1S39 



Shocks near Mauna Loa 



Slight shocks near Vesuvius 



Several shocks 



Severe 



Sharp 



Slight 



Nat id 



Severe 



Two shocks . 

 Severe 



Sharp 



Slight 



Severe . 

 Slight 



6:37s 

 6:37s 

 6:462 

 Dailv press 

 Sali/re 6:37s 

 \ Professor 

 ( Rockwood 



Daily press 



Nature v. 7:6 

 Daily press 



Portland, Oregon. " 



Lehore, India . . Severe; over 200 persons killed by falling 



houses 



ind .... Severe 



Bogota Smart shock 



Dumfries. Scotl'd Severe 



Arequipa, Peru . , '• 



San Salvador .. San Vicente destroyed 



Ooalpara, in 

 Suchin, Indi 



Slight 



Nature v. 8:5 

 Rockwood 

 Daily press 



Nature 7 -289 

 Rockwood 



