16 BULLETIN OF THE STATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



ARTICLE II. 



LIST OF RECORDED EARTHQUAKES IN NEW 

 BRUNSWICK. 



Compiled from Published Works and from Private Information. 



By Samuel W. Katn. 



Read March 1st, 1898. 



In recent times much attention has been given to the study of 

 earthquakes. In the historic period a number of shocks have been 

 felt in this Province. Information in regard to them, however, is 

 scattered and not easily accessible. Some of the shocks have been 

 noted only in the newspapers, and a few of the more recent, in Grand 

 Manan, have been drawn to my attention by one of our corresponding 

 members resident there. 



The following list has been compiled for the convenience of students, 

 both in New Brunswick and abroad, and will be found complete for all 

 shocks recorded. The time given (unless otherwise stated) is local 

 time. To reduce St. John local time to 75th meridian time, deduct 

 35 mins. 44 sec. 



1063. Februarys; 5.30 p. in., 8 p. in. 



This earthquake was of considerable violence, and was felt throughout the 

 St. Lawrence Valley, Acadia and New England. [Can. Nat., Oct., 1860). 



1755. November. 



Three or four shocks are recorded as having been hit in New England and 

 Nova Scotia (then including New Brunswick). Sir William Dawson states 

 {Can. Nat., October, lSlill) that two of these shocks were violent. 



1764. September 30 ; about noon. 



In the Halifax Gazettt (Nova Scotia), December 13, 1764, occurs the following 

 news item: "We hear from St. John's, in this Province, that on the 30th 

 of September last, about I '_' o'clock at noon, that a very severe shock of an 



earthquake was felt there." 



1817. May 22; 3.31 a. m. 



Felt in all parts of New Brunswick. The following account is from the 

 ( 'ourii r: "A beavy shock of earthquake ».^ fell in St. John on the 22nd, 



