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Time. 



Mar. 14 



17 



11 P.M. 



18 



7 a.m. 



24 



30 



AprU 1 

 2 

 3 

 10 



11 

 11 



15 

 16 



16 

 18 

 25 

 30 



2lay 1 



23 

 June 7 



8 



13 



18 

 19 



20 



Place. 



Peru 



England . 



For several days previous shocks were felt in 

 various places, preceded by an electric 

 storm 



All the northern counties 



Salvador, 



Cen. Auier, 



Chili 



Arequipa, 



Peru 



Salvador, 



Cen. Amer, 

 Yagolanda j 



Island ... I 



Melbourne 

 San Franc 'CO 

 Valparaiso . 

 Shetland 



Burniah 



Arequipa, 



Peru 



Argyle 



Wilmington, 



N. C 



Burmah 



Scotland 



Chili 



Hayti 



Lat. 30" N., 



Lon. 140» E 

 Camiguin, ( 



Phill. Isl. 



India 



Bingtang Isl. 



Canada 



Gelghit, Asia, 

 Agra, India, 

 &c 



Himalayas 



Marmoritza, 

 Asia Minor 



Wagga-Wttg- 

 ga, Austral 



Minahassa, i 

 Celebes, > 

 7>i P.M. ) 



Long Island, 

 N.Y., 10 P.M 



Now Jersey. 



Simla, 9.40 PM 

 Tacua, Peni, 



7 P.M. . . 

 Madeira, 6 pm 



21 California . 



aelChiriqui, 7.60 



CharacterUtict. 



Slight 



Severe shocks . 



Slight 



Two shocks 



From the 2d to the 14th the volcano Rocwang 

 was active. On the 5th, a wave swept over 

 the island destroying three villages and 41(j 

 persons 



Severe 



Two slight shocks 



Severe shock 



Attended by loud noises along the Stony Hill 

 range 



Slight 



Several days 



Slight 



During the month a volcano was seen and a 

 severe earthquake felt 



For some months previously, especially in 

 March, there was a succession of violent 

 shocks, causing crevices &c., in the open 

 country. On May 1st, about 5 p.m., a level 

 plain near the village of Cotarwen began to 

 subside till the tops of houses became level 

 with the surface of the earth, when sudden- 

 ly the whole plain fell in, engiilllng 150 per- 

 sons. This became the crater of a volcano 

 1500 feet wide, from which smoke, ashes and 

 stones were sent into the air. A pause till 

 dark succeeded when there was another ex- 

 plosion, and the volcano continued to eject 

 stones and earth 



Two slight shocks 



Very destructive 



Two shocks. Also in Georgia, U. S 



Two were felt, on the 22d and 23d. 



\ 



Causing a lake to emit sulphurous odor . 



Almost destroyed 



Two heavy shocks. About a dozen since. 

 Extended throughout Minehassa 



Slightshock 



Water in a canal disappeared through a sink' 



ing of the land 



Slight ; weather had been very sultry 



Strong shock . 



Slight 



Sharp shock . 

 p.m.] Severe . 



Authoritie$. 



Daily papers 

 Nature iii. 413 



iv. 74 



" " 286 

 Daily papers 



Mature iv. 109 



Daily papers 



Nature iv. 169 

 Daily papers 



Honololu Ga- 

 zette 



Daily papers 



Nature iv. 3S5 



" 418 



'• 436 



Daily papers 



Nature iv. 350 



