296 ©. G. Rockwood, Jr.—Recent American Earthquakes. 
1878, June 9. A shock at Granada, Nicaragua, at 4.30 P 
direction N.W. to S. E., duration seventeen seconds. This is “evi- 
dently the same nice ‘alr eady reported at San José, Costa Rica. 
—III, xvii, p. 16 
June 16. ni severe shocks at Cerro de Pasco, Peru. 
une 17. A slight shock at Granada, dae at 11.15 a.M., 
direction N.W. to $.E., duration eleven seconds. 
June 19. A severe srock at Cerro de Pasco, Peru at 1.30 A. M. 
Oct. 31. At San José, Costa Rica, a very feeble shock at 9.30 
A. M. 
Nov. 3. At the same place, a feeble shock at 5.30 Pp. M. 
Noy. 8. At the same place, a feeble shock at 8.15 p. M. 
Noy. 23. At the same place, a quite strong shock. 
Nov. 12. At Unalaska Island, Alaska, a slight shock at 2.304. m—JU. S. 
Weather Review. 
Nov. 18. For additional notices of the earthquake on this day 
se Missouri, (already reported, III, xvii, p. 162), see vol. xvii, p. 
Nov. 26. A brief shock at Alajuela, Costa Rica, at 1.40 A. M. 
Dec. 9. A severe shock at Red Bluff, Cal., at 3.20 p. m., lasting 
fifteen or twenty seconds. 
Dec. 17. A slight shock at Yuma, Arizona, at 4 Pp. M., lasting 
eight seconds ; felt also at Campo, Cal., where two shocks were 
tomatoe lasting about two seconds, direction from S. W.., with 
sae 
Dec. — A A sie shock at 9 P. = at Flushing, N. Y., from N. to 8., with rum- 
bling no . Weather Revi 
Dec. 28. A slight noes at Schoharie, N. Y., at 9.32 P. a felt 
also in other towns north of there, to a distance of 15 m 
1879, : an. 9, A severe shock at Arequipa, Peru, at , ve Pp. M. 
Jan. 12, At Iquique, Peru, a long and violent shock about mid- 
night, oc subterranean 
Jan. 12. Apparently simultaneous with the above, a severe 
<r was felt in northern and central Florida. It occurred about 
thirty seconds. The statements of directions are very disco ant, 
with however an apparent preference for N.W. and S.E. This 
direction agrees pretty well with the statements of time, which 
vary from 11.40 and 11.45 at Lake City and Jacksonville, to 11.50 
at Savannah and Daytona, 11.55 at St. Augustine and Gulf Ham- 
k, 12 p. mM. at Okahum as thus roughly indicating 4 
progress from N.W. to SE. reports not sufficiently 
exact to form a basis for any Stale of calaa ity. 
