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EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 89 



April 15; volcano of Merapi, Java, in eruption. 



April 16, 17, 18; severe shocks in Iceland. 



April 24; great eruption of Vesuvius. 



April — ; great eruption in the Philippine Islands. 



March 26. The shock was felt at far as Winnemucca, Nevada — 462 

 miles east of San Francisco. — B. Ms. Long, rolling, but moderate 

 shocks in S. F. (V). — T. T. The jjersistent duration of the oscil- 

 lations was remarkable and unique at S. F. 



March 26. At Big Pine, Inyo County (X), there was a fissure 

 opened from 50 to 200 feet wide, in j)laces 20 feet deep, extending 

 for miles, close to the eastern base of the Sierras. Near Fish 

 Springs the earth was heaped uj) in ridges 5 to 10 feet high and 20 

 to 30 feet across. From Independence to Bishop's Creek (50 miles), 

 the ground is cracked all over the surface. At Bishop's Creek the 

 shock was severe, but light compared with that to the south. 

 It commenced at 2.30 a. m., and from then to 6.30 a. m. there 

 were not less than 50 shocks. — B. Ms. — S. F. Bulletin, March 28, 

 April 1, 1S72. 



March 26. Lone Pine, Inyo County, Cal. (X). In Lone Pine every 

 adobe and stone building was leveled to the ground. Sixty per- 

 sons were killed and wounded in that place alone. — B. Ms. At 

 Independence the damage to proijerty was great. In other 

 places in that county the loss of life and property was consid- 

 erable. In Lone Pine the damage to property was $132,000; at 

 Independence, $43,000; at Camp Independence, $26,000; in the 

 county, $237,000. — B. Ms. — Inyo Independent, March 30, 1872. 



In the same paper of April 13 the editor saj'^s the losses were over- 

 estimated. The total loss was less than $100,000. (The people at 

 Lone Pine stopped the paper for nnderestimating the loss.) — Ini/o 

 Independent, April 20, 1872. During this earthquake not a single 

 wooden building in Inyo County was injured to a dangerous ex- 

 tent, and not a single person in such a building was injured at 

 all. One thousand shocks in two days. — Puchs. 



]\rarch 26. The Inyo earthquake was felt from the City of Mexico 

 to Oregon. Shocks were felt on the same day at Paducah, Ivy. 

 At Camp Cady, A. T., its force was sufficient to move heavy 

 wagons several feet (IX). The volcano of Colima, Mexico, burst 

 into eruption on this day. — B. Ms.— 7«,(/o Independent, April 20, 1872. 

 [Note. — No eruption of Colima is mentioned by Fuchs.] 



March 26. Millerton, Fresno County, 2.15 a. m. Shocks continued 

 until 11 o'clock of the same day. No damage was done. At Ben- 

 nett's Station, Merced County, a stone house was thrown down 

 (IX). At Chowchilla, quite severe. At Fort Miller, quite severe. 

 — B. Ms. — Fresno Expositor, April 30, 1872. 



