108 EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 



1S83. July 30; 



Two shocks, Gilroy, Cal.— C. G. R. July 31?— Fuchs. 



1SS3. Ansnst 4; llh. and 121i. SOm. 



Two lig-ht shocks at Oakland, Cal.— U. S. W. R. 



1883. August 19; 2:55 a. m. 



Carson (Nev.). Three light shocks. — C. W. F. 



1883. AnsuHt 27; Ih. 



Prof. Davidson reports earthquake waves at Saucelito. — C. G. R. 



1883. Angrnst 31; 



Los Angeles. — H. Ms. 



1883. Septemljer 1; 8h. 25in.; III. 



Light shock, Los Angeles, Cal. A second shock four seconds later. — 

 U. S. W. R. 



1883. September 5; 41». 30m.; VI. 



Shocks at Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Wilmington, and San Buen- 

 aventura, Cal. — C. G. R. 



1883. September 13; 14b. 30m.; IV. 



Santa Barbara, Cal., lasting 5 seconds. — U. S. W. R. 



1883. September 28; about mldnig^bt. 



Two shocks, Portland, Oregon. — C. G. R. — Oh. Om. lOS., Portland. 

 Two shocks. — P. 



1883. October 8? or 9? 



6.45 p. m., light shock at Salinas (III) ; 7.50 p. m., much stronger at 

 Salinas (V); 9.45 p. m., another at Salinas; Santa Cruz (V), a 

 severe shock. — H. Ms. 



1883. October 9; 23h. 3m.; IV. 



Two light shocks, San Francisco, Cal. — C. G. R. 



1883. October 10; 1:05 a. m.; V. 



Sharp shock in San Francisco. — T. T. Heaviest since 1868. — B. Ms. 

 Not felt at Sacramento. Severe at Gilroy and Port Costa. — H. Ms. 

 Davisville reports a severe shock; Berkeley; Oakland. — H. Ms. 

 Detaille (UAstronomie, 1885, p. 188). 



1883. October 16; 3b. 15m. 



A slight shock at Cape Mendocino, Cal. — U. S. W. R. 



188.3. October 22; 6 a. m.; VIII or more severe. 



South side of the Merced River, below Merced Falls; a shock threwl 

 a section of the bluff two hundred feet by sixty by eighty feet, 

 into the river. A sharp shock a few minutes before midnight. 

 — H. Ms. 



