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Feb. 24. The Honolulu Gazette of Feb. 28th reports a sub- 
marine volcanic outbreak in Kealakeakaua Bay at 3 A. M., Feb. 
24. During the same night a severe earthquake was felt at 
Koawalsa and Kell. E 
March 8. Two light shocks about 2 a. M., and a few minutes 
before 5 a. m. at Helena, Montana.—(Helena Independent, in N. Y. 
es. 
March 19. A shock at Kingston, Jamaica, at 12.55 A. M. 
April 17. A slight shock of short duration at Panama at 5.50 
A. M.- i 
April 23. A slight shock at Auburn, N. H., at 11 a. u., from 
; S. E——(U. S. Sign. Serv.) 
April 26. A slight shock at Franklin, N. C., at 5 p. m—(U. S. 
) 
May 2. A shock “lasting eight or ten seconds” at 10.20 
P. M. at Oshawa, Ontario. 
May 9. At 8.30 p. M., a series of severe shocks, lasting four 
or five minutes, and followed by a destructive tidal wave, were 
felt on the coast of Peru, Bolivia and Chili. The center of 
disturbance appeared to be the neighborhood of the volcano 
Ilaga, on the borders of Peru and Bolivia, in lat. 21°S. The 
shocks were felt along the coast from beyond Arequipa, Peru, to 
Valparaiso, Chili, but were most violent and destructive from 
quique, where the duration was 4 m. 20 sec., to Cobija, 
Mexillones and Chavanago, Bolivia. The disturbance does not 
appear to have extended very far inland. The sea wave how- 
_ ever spread over the entire Pacific, being felt along the coast of 
Mexico and California (whence it was reported by the signal 
service a day before news of the shock was received), at the 
Sandwich Islands, the Marquesas Islands, Japan and Australia. 
n the Peruvian and Bolivian coasts the wave was from twenty 
Francisco 348 miles, to Honolulu 408 miles and to Australia 
378 miles per hour. : 
On the Peruvian coast lighter shocks continued at intervals 
for some days, and later reports indicate that the whole coast 
has suffered a considerable permanent upheaval. : 
t San José, Costa Rica, a feeble shock was felt at 5.28 A. M. 
of the 10th (local time) or 9" 54™ after the shock at Iquique. 
In the Sandwich Islands the volcano of Kilauea exhibited 
