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Dec. 15, 1872. A shock was felt at various places near 
Puget Sound, W. T. 
At Seattle the time is reported at 11.40 p.m. There were 
three series of shocks, the first of about two minutes duration, 
and the other two soon after, and of a few seconds each. The 
direction of the wave was from northeast to southwest. 
At both Victoria and Olympia the time is stated as 9.37 
P. M., and the direction from east to west at the former, and 
from southeast to northwest at the latter. The intensity at 
each place was sufficient to crack windows and ceilings. 
It is uncertain, from the information at present received, 
whether this may not have been the same with the one of the 
night previous on the Columbia. If the dates given above are 
correct, there must have been éwo shocks on the night of the 
15th, at 9.87 and 11.40 P. M. 
Dec. 26, 1872. A shock of 40 seconds duration was felt at 
Arequipa, Peru. 
_ Dec, 28, 1872. A severe earthquake, incidental to an erup- 
tion of the volcano of San Vicente, damaged the church and 
houses in the town of Chinameca, San Salvador. 
Dec. 31,1872. A slight shock occurred at Kingston, Jamaica. 
Jan. 11, 1878. A slight shock was felt about 5 A. M. at 
Brunswick, Me., and other places in the State. 
Jan., 1878. The Boston Daily Advertiser of Jan. 14, has the 
following : 
Dominions, 114 miles north of Bombay. Fifteen hundred per- 
Sons are said to have been killed in the town alone.” 
1, 1873. A severe earthquake occurred in the Island 
of Samos. It continued four days, and caused much destruc- 
ee od property and loss of life. 
P. M., and was quite severe at San Jose and Santa Clara. 
Feb. 22,1873 A shock was felt at Eastport, Me., at 73 A. M. 
€ above accounts have been gathered from various news- 
Papers, and, where it was possible, they have been verified by 
consulting the papers published at the places affected. e 
time, when given by even hours or half hours, is necessarily only 
approximate. , 
Brunswick, Me., March 4, 1873. 
