160 0. G. Rockwood— Recent American Earthquakes. 
destroyed, i reduced to a heap of ruins in less than two 
nds. About 300 lives were lost and property destroyed to 
the amount of "£800, 000. The lower town suffered very little. 
The direction of the shock was from E. 15° N. and the angle 
of emergence was found by A. Ernst of Genii to be about 
60°. The center could not have been very deep, as the destrue- 
tion was limited to an area of one square mile. The transverse 
wave however was felt one hundred miles distant and occurred 
in Caracas, distant in a straight line twenty-six English miles, 
at 8h 41m Bae. Lighter shocks continued to be felt at intervals 
up to Ma: 
Yor the see art of the above I am indebted to an article 
by Mr. tote in Nature, vol. xviii, p. 
Apri AtG lendive, Montana, on the Yellowstone River. 
there wore pgs shocks, following each other at intervals of 
half an 
April 23. ah Loreto, on the Gulf of ee oe y a severe shock 
of two or three seconds at 10 A.M.; the first of a series lasting 
till May 3. ae S. Weather Rev.) 
April 28. A severe shock, felt at Caracas at 8.30 Pp. M. de- 
stipe’ a large part of the town of Ocumare, about twenty ils 
east of Cua and in the same valley. 
April 29. Shocks were again felt at LaGuayra, Caracas, 
Porto Cabello and Valencia, in Venezuela. 
May 8. At8.25P.M.,a shock from N. to S. and sufficiently 
violent to stop clocks, was felt in the valley of the Sacramento 
Cal., from Red Bluff to Sacramento City, and also west of the 
Coast Range in Mendocino County 
May 14. A severe shock was ‘Felt at Guayaquil about 6.40 
P. M., preceded by a loud noise. There was a less violent shock 
at 9 A. M. of the 15th. 
May 15. A severe ois nip cs occurred at 8.35 P.M. at 
Tacna and Arica, Per 
May 21. A shock at one Bernardino, Cal.—(U. 8. Weather Rev.) 
June 4. A light shock at 12.28 p. m. at San José, Costa Rica. 
June 9. A strong shock at the same place at 4.34 P. M. 
June 11. On the night of the 11th and hg four shocks were 
felt at Los Angeles, se as follows; at 11.12 Pp. mu. a distinct shock, 
at 11.20 p.m. a viole t shock, duration five cocci: motion 
to S.E.; at 2.30 a.m. a light shock; and at 6.30 A, M. a slight 
tremble. — —(U. 5S. Weather Rev.) 
June 14. A slight shock at Cimarron, N. M.—(U. S. Weather 
Rev. 
July 2. Two light shocks at Campo, Cal., at 5° 55" 30° (4. M- 
or Pp. M. ?) from 8.E. to N.W. with a noise resembling thunder.— 
(U. S. Weather Rev. ) 
