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TRANS. ST. LOUIS ACAD. SCIENCE. 



Date. 



Location. 



187-'. j 

 Mar. 26 Mexico 



36 Paducah, Ky. , . 

 27 Salt Lake 



27,Oaxaca 



April 3 Antioch, Syria 

 8 A.M.! 



QjVesuvius . . . . 



14 & i^Acra, Africa 



iS Java 



IQ ' 



[celand 



iO Memphis, Tenn.. 



21} Japan 



June 4jAshland, Virginia 

 S Valparaiso, 

 JVJGeoriiia, U. S. . 

 26,Copiabo . ... 



July 8 Missouri, western 



10:15 P-M. I counties 



I > iLong Island, New 

 S :2S '^'"^ I York 



i2Chopee, Klian- 

 7 P.M. deesh, Ain..lner, 

 D u r ran n aon, 

 I Dhulia, J.ilg^aon 

 i5iTripatore. India. 

 271 Valparaiso .... 

 August 6 Coliina, Mexico 



8|Scotland 



i3iSandwich Islands 



Sept. 



7 Italy 



i4|lnyo Co., Cal 



)5j Yokahama, Japan 

 21 Slianghai, China 



2S Lima Peru 



October 2isan Franc'co,Cal. 

 9 Iowa and Dakota. 

 10 A.M.! 



12 California 



i8]New South Wales 



Nov. 12, California and 

 Nevada 



13 Derby, England. 

 4:10 P.M. 



)8 New Hampshire . 

 Dec. 10 Helena, Montana 

 4:30 P.M.! 



II " " . 



7A.M.| 



14 Portland, Oregon. 



9 :30 P.M 

 IS 



Lahore, India. . . 



Characteristics . 



were of almost daily occurrence till the 17th 

 of May, when one occurred lasting .:;o seconds 



Supposed to be synchronous with the one in 

 California. Felt through several of the Mexi- 

 can States. 



Slight shock 



Destroyed many churches and dwellings.. . . 



Severe shock, lasting 40 seconds, destroying a 

 large portion of the ancient city, and burying 

 hundreds of the inhabitants, the number of 

 killed being estimated at more than 1,000 . 



Eruption 



Several violent shocks 



Violent e uption of volcano, destroying many 

 lives and much property 



Severe ; 20 houses destroyed 



Slight 



Several severe schocks V. 



bliglit 



Sharp 

 Slight 



Slight, lasting about one minute 



siigiit : 



Three shocks 



Slight 



Strongest since 1839 



bhocks near Mauna Loa 



Slight shocks near Vesuvius 



Several shocks 



Severe 



Sharp 



Slight 



Severe 



Two shocks . 

 Severe 



Sharp . 

 Slight . 



Severe , 

 Slight. 



15 (?) Paget Sound 

 17, Bogota 



4:2 A.M. I I 



24jDumfries, Scotl'dSevere 

 »6|Arequipa, "Peru 

 a8 San Salvador . 

 aSlGoalpara, India 

 31 Suchin, India . 

 31 [Kingston, Jam. 



Severe ; over 200 persons killed by tailing 



houses 



Severe . . 



Smart shock 



San Vicente destroyed. 



Slight 



Severe 



Slight 



Authority, 



Daily press 



Nature 6:378 

 <■ 6:37s 



" 6 :462 

 Daily press 

 Nature 6:378 

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 ) Rockwood 



Daily press 



Rockwood 



Naiu rev. "]',(& 

 Daily press 



Nature v. 8 :$ 

 Rockwood 

 Daily press 



Nature 7:289 

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