246 EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 



Port Angeles (Wash.): at 10.30 o'clock last night two distinct shocks 

 of earthquake were felt in this city. They were severe enough 

 to shake the chimneys off lamps and the dishes off the shelves 

 (VII). — Newspaper report dated January 4, 1896. 



1896. January 8; 9:56 p. m.; Turn Point L.. H., Washingrton. 



A shock. — Ms. kindly communicated by the U. S. L. H. Board. 



1896. January 5; Cocopah Mountains, via Indio, January 5. 



Prospectors report seeing immense quantities of smoke and steam 

 rising off the desert toward the volcanoes below the Cocopah 

 mountains during the day and a bright light at night, showing 

 that the volcanoes in that vicinity are again in active operation. 

 —S. F. Chronicle. 



1896. January 8; Lake Chapala, Mexico, via San Dlegro (Cat.), Jan- 

 uary 12. 



Professor E. H. Coffey of this city has just received a letter from a 

 correspondent living near Lake Chapala, State of Jalisco, Mexico, 

 which describes some startling phenomena occurring there. Lake 

 Chapala is a sheet of water fifty miles long and ten miles wide. 

 The formation of the country around it is purely volcanic. On the 

 forenoon of January 8th the residents of one of the small settle- 

 ments near the western end of the lake were terrified to see a 

 gigantic whirlpool raging far out on the waters. The water rose 

 in great serpentine movements and from all directions rushed 

 towards a common center, where a vast cavity, seemed to exist. 

 At the same time a heavy rumbling, apparently in the bowels of 

 the earth, took place. The whirlpool was caused by the sudden 

 sinking of a large portion of the lake's bottom. The disturbance 

 continued for twenty minutes, and before it subsided several 

 pleasure boats were drawn into the whirlpool and disappeared 

 with their occupants. It is estimated that a score of lives were 

 lost. — 8. F. Examiner, Jan. 13. 



1896. January 25; Carson, Nevada. 



Professor C. W. Friend reports: " We have had quite a number of 

 earthquake shocks on January 25th and 27th, 1896; they were 

 rather peculiar. On the 25th the first noticeable one occurred at 



4.45 a. m., and was the heaviest that day. I also noticed one at 



4.46 a. m. and 5.02 a. m., both light. The motion W. to E. was 

 hardly perceptible. 



We had quite a number of shocks on the 27th: 



7.59 a. m. S. to N. (II), 



8.34 a. m. W. to E. (Ill), 

 11.04 a. m. S. W. to N. E. (Ill), 

 11.19 a. m. S. W. to N. E. (I), 



1.01 p. m. S. W. to N. E. (IV), 



6.32 p. m. S. W. to N. E. (II), 



