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six miles. 
Inquiry was made through the State line Telegraph at El 
Dorado, Nevada, Downieville, Placerville, Marysville, Sacra- 
mento, Stockton, and San José; it was not felt in any of the 
localities named, excepting the two last, and at Stockton it was 
quite light. 38 
If the time as given at Monterey was the same as at this city, 
(San Francisco) the velocity of the earth-wave must have been 
- much slower than that of the great earthquake at Simoda. _ 
March 24.—A slight shock was felt at Canal Gulch, Siskiyou 
county, also at Yreka, at 20 minutes before 10 o'clock, P.M. 
The motion is described as being horizontal. : 
March 31.—A light shock was felt in San Francisco at 25 min- 
utes past 1 o'clock, A.M. It consisted of three light but distinct — 
rs 
ors. 
April 6.—114 p.m, A smart shock was felt at Los Angeles 
and the Monte. People were aroused from their beds. : 
May 10.—A light shock was felt in San Francisco at 10 min- 
utes after 9 o'clock, p.m. The shock was accompanied by a loud 
report, like the discharge of a cannon; people mistook it for the . 
signal gun of the mail steamer. This was felt at Monterey, Con- 
a tra Costa county. é 2 
- May 2.—A severe shock was felt at Los Angeles a few min- 
: August 2.—A light shock was felt in San Francisco at 20 a : 
: utes after 5 o’clock a.m. It was sufficiently strong to aWaKe" 
srsons in bed; it was evidently more severe in Stockton. ; 
August 27.—An earthquake was felt at Mission San Juan, 
Monterey County, at 15 minutes before 9 o'clock P. M. on Mu 
were two distinct shocks with short intervals elapsing, the seco eg, 
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