26 0. G. Rockwood—Recent American Earthquakes. 
Feb. 16.—A shock at Orezava and Minatitlan on the Isthmus 
of Tehuantepec. (J. M. B.) 
Feb. 11 and 18.—A letter from Guadalajara, Mex., dated 
March 2, 1875, says: “Since the 11th ult. we have had almost 
continually slight shocks of earthquake. In all we have had 
ut four very severe shocks; the first (two?) on the night of 
the 11th and two on the 18th. The majority of the churches 
in Guadalajara are greatly damaged. In San Cristobal, a small 
village about eight leagues from this city, 35 or 40 lives have 
been lost and nearly all the houses reduced to ruins.” 
March 9 and 10.—The same writer says under date of March 
10: “The earthquakes continue. We had one yesterday that 
lasted three minutes, not severe. We felt a sharper one to-day 
at 1.20 Pp. M. but it only lasted a few seconds.” 
March 9.—A shock at Phenix, R. I. (J. M. B.) 
ue) 1.—A heavy shock in the evening at Eureka, Nev. (J. 
May 6.—A shock at Wolfborough, N. H. (J. M. B.) 
May 15.—A slight shock about 10.15 a. M. at Cambridge, 
West Roxbury and Milton, Mass. 
ay 18.—A very destructive earthquake occurred at 10.10 
A. M. in the Colombian Andes. The area affected extends from 
Carthagena and Maracaybo on the north to Bogota and Honada 
on the south, over six degrees of latitude. The center of dis- 
turbance was at the city of San José de Cucuta. This is a city 
of Venezuela, situated on the border of New Grenada, in N. 
lat. 7° 30’, W. long. 72° 10’, and before the catastrophe had a 
population of 18,000. It is between the two ranges of the Andes 
which unite not very far south of the city. The first premoni- 
tion of the disturbance at Cucuta was a subterranean rumbling 
noise heard on the night of the 17th, but unattended by any 
tremors. At 11.10, (some accounts 11.80) on the forenoon of 
the 18th two tremendous shocks of earthquake occurred fol- 
lowed after a short interval by three others of nearly equal 
intensity. By these shocks, the city and most of the surround- 
ing villages within a radius of twenty miles were completely 
destroyed, with great loss of life and property. In Cucuta 
only one building remained standing; and in San Cristobal 
(population 11,000) only one house was left and that so shat- 
tered as to be unsafe. 
