226 EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 



EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST, 1894. 



1894. January 7; Point Arena Iiisbthonse; 9:45 p. ni. 



(IV.) — (Ms. communicated by the U. S. Geological Survey.) 



1894. January 14; Olympla, Wash. 



Mr. Fred. G. Plummer reports a disturbance at 3.25 a. m. A tremor 

 lasting three seconds was followed after an interval of four sec- 

 onds by a shock from south-southwest, and a slight tremor later. 

 His seismograph at Tacoma barely showed the shock (I?, II?). 



1894. January 14; Vancouver (B. C), 



While the quaking continued, hanging pictures swayed slightly 

 and crockery rattled on the shelves. — S. F. Chronicle. 



1894. January 17. 



[Reports were published that on January 17 Mount Jefferson, as 

 seen from Salem, Oregon, poured forth smoke and steam from 

 its summit at sunrise. Later explanations showed this to be 

 due to atmospheric phenomena.] 



1894. January 24; Riverside; 3h. 50m. a. ni. 



Quite a heavy shock, which lasted several seconds. — San Jost Merr 

 cury. 



1894. February 5; Keeler, Cal. 



A shock of earthquake was felt at 9.01 p. m. — Newspaper. 



1894. February 7; San Jose. 



At 2.09 o'clock a. m. there was a slight shock in this city. One 

 short, sharp shock. — San Jose Mercury. 



1894. February 8; Los Angeles; 5b. 45ni. a. m. 



The earthquake shock felt here at 5.45 this morning was also felt 

 quite generally in this section. It was short and sharp, and there 

 was only one shock. — S. F. Examiner. 



1894. February 15; Hawthorne, IVev.; 9:01 p. ni. 



(II.) — Report of Nevada State Weather Service, 1894. 



1894. March 3; Mount Hamilton. 



One shock of intensity III, R. F. 4h. 42m. 50.1s. p. m. — E. S. 



Holden. 

 Rattled stoves, etc., slightly in second and third stories of brick 



dwellings. 4h. 43m. Is. p. m. — Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Campbell. 

 Neither of the seismographs showed any record of this shock. 



1894. April 15; 20h. 56m. 



Ellensburg, Washington, III, duration 10s. — P. 



