332 C. G. Rockwood—Notices of Recent Earthquakes. 
port made by blasting in a deep aA or well, at first explo- 
sive and then reverberatin g.” The shocks were most sensibly 
felt near the tops of the ane ‘bat were sometimes per- 
ceptible at distances of ten or fifteen miles, or even farther. 
A paper by Gen. T. L. Clingman of North Carolina, on the 
voleanic character of this region, was read before the Wash- 
ington eae wes Society, July, 1874, and is noticed in this 
J ournal, ITI, vol. . 55. 
Feb. 12, 1874. uu shock at 6" 80™ A. M. at Saco o, Me. 
Feb. 12, 1874. va la aa felt in the evening at Hilo, and 
also at Hamakua, Haw 
Feb. 15, a a fag at Copiapo, Chili 
Feb. 27, 1 874.—A severe shock at 10° 40" P.M. at Bangor 
and Eastport, Me. 
March 12, 1874.—A slight shock at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. 
March 12, 1874.—A slight shock at Sidney, N.S. W. 
March 16, 1874. — An earthquake in Southern Mexico, 
stated to haye been “very severe” in the province of Guerrero, 
but fene at the only of Mexico. 
ril 11, 1 e Japan Gazette of this date says “sharp 
spooks s of earthquake had been felt at Hamaoa, causing great 
a 
April 18, 1874.—A shock at St. Thomas, W. I 
May 8, 1874.—Letters from the Harpoot Mission, Easte 
Turkey, ander date of May 8, say: ‘“ Last Sabbath if ee 
(May 8), at seven o'clock, a severe shock a earthquake was 
felt here and in all the plain, Houses fell in several villages, 
but at Haboosi, in the eastern part of the plain, the effect was 
disastrous.” Again, under date of May 16: “The village of 
Haboosi, twelve miles from here, we a population o an a 
disaster has been very serious, and we fear the on is not yet. 
Shocks aire daily.” 
oo May 5, 1874.—A sharp shock about midnight at Callao, 
May 14, 1874.—A series of severe shocks about 9 A. M. at 
Hilo, Hawaii, and the adjacent coast. ‘Simultaneously with 
this earthquake the crater of Kilauea became more brilliant 
and active. 
i st ay » 1874.—Two sharp shocks about 2 4. M. at San 
face “th, 1874.—Two sharp shocks at 8 Pp. M. at San Fran- 
cisco. No ‘damage done. 
