366 Notices of Earthquakes. 
earthquake, being then residents of this place or Paita. The 
earth trembled slightly very often for the next 24 hours. 
Amotapa, May 27, 1865, 
(4.) List of Earthquakes, copied at Lima, from books given me 
by Mr. Wm. Sterling, of Amotapa, May 28, 1865'.—Earthquake in 
Lima, 1860, Apr. 21, 1°35 a. M.; pretty strong, At12 o’clock, 
midnight, of 21st, a slight shock. 22nd, 1-40 Pp. M., avery heavy 
shock ; walls thrown down and others cracked; some churches 
injured.—23d, 1 a. M., a light shock; at 6-40 a.m. same day, 
another very severe shock; at 11°3 
Ill. Aliscellaneous Notices. 
(1.) Earthquake in California.—At 12" 45™ October 8th, an 
earthquake of great violence occurred at San Francisco. Chim- 
from Sacramento, Stockton and San José represent the earth- 
quake as the severest ever felt in those cities. It was not per 
ceived at Marysville or Placerville; but Santa Cruz was severely 
shaken and some buildings much damaged 
The tide at San Francisco rose very high at the time of the 
shock and fell very low immediately afterward. Ten or eleven 
eg! shocks were felt after the first shaking, up to 5 A. M. of 
e. 9th . 
(2.) Earthquake at Buffalo—The announcement of an earth- 
quake at Buffalo in the last volume of this Journal (xxxix, 372), 
_ taken from a Buffalo paper, is an error. 
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