244 EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 



which, however, is very uncertain and is undoubtedly very much 

 augmented by the " creep " of this pen due to temperature, which 

 is large. The clock was started, giving the time as 3h. 12.7m. 

 p. m. 



The duplex seismograph shows a complicated series of motions, of 

 which the greatest were east-southeast and west-northwest 7 

 mm., or 1% mm. actual displacement of the earth. The greatest 

 displacement of the earth at right angles to this direction was 

 % mm. 



San Jose: the city was visited by a sharp shock of earthquake at 

 3.14 o'clock this afternoon, lasting ten seconds, the vibrations 

 apparently being from east to west. — 8. F. Examiner, November 8, 

 1895. 



Santa Cruz: an earthquake, the heaviest in five years, was felt here 

 at 3.15 o'clock this afternoon. The vibrations were from east to 

 west. — 8. F. Examiner, November 8, 1895. 



San Jose: San Jose was visited by an earthquake about 3.15 o'clock 

 yesterday afternoon. There were two sharp shocks of short dura- 

 tion. No damage. — 8an Jose Mercury, November 8, 1895. 



1895. November 26; Mount Hamilton. 



" A light shock was felt to-day at Ih. 5Gm. 35s., Pacific standard 

 time. Its direction could not be noted. (II? E. S. H.) Its dura- 

 tion was but momentary. I should estimate its intensity on the 

 Eossi-Forel scale as III." — R. G. A. 



Ih. 56m. 35s. p. m., Pacific standard. Light snock. Rossi-Forel 

 II. — C. D. P. Did not start the Ewing instrument. The east- 

 and-west pen shows a vibration of the earth of about 0.5 mm., 

 and the north-and-south pen a vibration of about 0.4 mm. The 

 vertical motion is masked entirely by the " creep " due to tem- 

 perature. The duplex instrument shows one (only) complete 

 wave, about northeast and southwest, with a displacement of the 

 earth of 0.4 mm. 



1895. November; Kyaqnot, B. C. 



Via Victoria, British Columbia, November 30. Kyuquot, an Indian 

 village on the west coast of Vancouver Island, received a severe 

 shock of earthquake early this month which the natives will long 

 remember. Their little houses were shaken almost from their 

 foundations, trees swayed, and considerable damage was done 

 (VI).— fi". F. Call, December 1, 1895. 



1896. December 8; Fairfield. 



A few minutes before 8 o'clock this morning a heavy shock of 

 earthquake was experienced here, lasting five seconds. Three 

 distinct oscillations were plainly felt, the vibrations running from 

 northeast to southwest.^ — 8. F. Chronicle, December 9, 1895. 



Fullerton: a heavy shock, closely followed by a lighter one, was 

 felt here early this morning. — 8. F. Chronicle, December 9, 1895. 



