324 EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 



1893. September 1; Santa Cruz Lrightlioiise; 11:16 p. m. 



Waked sleepers, etc. (VI). In the town of Santa Cruz, 2 miles dis- 

 tant, the shock is described as unusually heavy; vibrations there 

 were N. to S. (Ms. communicated by U. S. Geological Survey.) 



1893. September 1; Gilroy. 



A sharp shock of earthquake occurred to-night at 11.20 o'clock. It 

 was of several seconds' duration. Niles 11.17 p. m. 



1893. September 2; San Jose. 



Mr, Colton reports that he felt a slight shock of earthquake shortly 

 after 10 p. m., exact time not noted, while in his room at the St. 

 James Hotel. 



1893. September 5; Carson City; 11 p. m. 



1893. September 6; Redding:. 



Quite a severe shock of earthquake was felt here at S.22 o'clock this 

 morning, preceded by rumbling. It lasted several seconds and 

 the vibration was north and south. No daruagc. 



1893. September 7; L.as Lunas (N. Mex.). 



Central New Mexico has been subject almost daily for more than 

 three months to violent earthquakes. Five commotions Thurs- 

 day, September 7, threw down a score of old adobe buildings 

 already shaky from previous earthquakes (VII). No lives were 

 lost, but a peculiar feature is that there w^ere numerous cases of 

 nervous sickness, even convulsions, among the inhabitants as soon 

 as the rumbling commenced. The center of the disturbance is 

 Sabinal, where a spring has appeared in a place which alwaj^s 

 had been dry and barren. 



1893. September 28; Monnt Hamilton. 



Prof. Holden reports the time as 6.20 a. m. Intensity (II), Rossi- 

 Forel scale. Mr. Colton was awakened by the shock and reports 

 " one slight shock," the time being 6.20.10 a. m.. Pacific slope 

 time. The Duplex seismograph shows a slight mark of disturb- 

 ance. 



1893. October 15; Santa Cruz; 5 a. m. 



A severe shock. The undulations were from west to east. 



1893. October 19; Napa (Cal.); 4:20 p. m. 



Cal. S. W. Service Bulletin. 



1893. November 7; Gnadalajara, Mexico. 



A severe earthqixake has occurred here during the past ten days. 

 The Colima volcano is in violent eruption, and people living at 

 the base of the mountain have left their homes. 



