78 EAETHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 



Somerville, Antioch, Clayton. Buildings damaged, chimneys thrown 

 down. 



Los Angeles. No shock felt. — ^H. Ms. 



Hon. T. G. Phelps visited the seacoast from Half Moon Bay to Pesca- 

 dero soon after October 21 and found all chimne.ys down or 

 twisted (VIII). At Belmont no chimneys overthrown (VII). 



1868. October 21; 7:50 a. m. 



At 7h. 50m. a. m., after dull rumblings, heavy shocks, lasting 140 

 seconds, began; six or seven shocks before 11 a. m. ; and at 3 p. m. 

 another, and the last about midnight. Earthquakes were felt 

 over all California; the heaviest were the following: Sacramento, 

 7.59; Oakland, 10.30, 11.45; Marysville, 7.55 and 8 and 1.25 a. m.— 

 Fuchs. 



1868, October 21, San Francisco. The shock was longer and moi-e 

 severe than that of October 8, 1865. Several persons were killed 

 by falling cornices. The shock was felt in the interior in every 

 direction, and with severity. The surface of the earth visibly 

 undulated. Brick buildings were tumbled down or badly cracked 

 in several places, including Oakland and San Leandro, and several 

 lives were lost. Not a single thoroughly good building, even in 

 the lower part of the city, was seriously injured.— S. F. Bulletin, 

 October 21, 1868. Hon. Horace Davis writes that the destruction 

 in S. F. was greatest along the old beach-line of the city, beyond 

 which the soil had been filled in. Photographs in my possession 

 seem to show that the damage to substantial buildings in S. F. 

 was small. — E. S. H. 



1868, October 21, San Jose. The oscillation was from southeast to 

 northwest and lasted one-half minute. Considerable damage was 

 done to property. No lives were lost. Damage to Presbyterian 

 Church amounted to $2,000. — San Jose Advertiser, October 4, 1868. 



1868, October 21. Account of the earthquakes in San Francisco, Oc- 

 tober 8, 1865, and October 21, 1868.— So-n Jose Pioneer, February 9, 

 1878. This earthquake was not felt in San Diego. — B. Ms. 



1868, October 21, San Leandro. One man was killed attempting to 

 escape through the falling walls of the Court House, which, with 

 the jail, was laid in ruins. Several concrete buildings were en- 

 tirely destroyed, and a great many frame buildings partially so. 

 After the earthquake was over, only two chimneys remained 

 standing. The loss was not much short of $100,000. Neighboring 

 towns were severely shocked. Haywards was laid in ruins. But 

 little injury was done at Oakland. It was the most severe shock 

 experienced on the coast by white men up to that time. — San 

 Leandro Gazette, October 24, 1868. 



1868, October 21, Petaluma. Considerable property destroyed. 

 Vibrations from east to west. Three distinct shocks following 



