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level of the coast took place. Everywhere within the sensibly shaken area 

 this is reported as the most severe of the series, and this conclusion is 

 supported by the seismograph records. The origin may be assumed to be 

 near 59° 58' 20'' north latitude and 139° 33' west longitude. 



List of localities. — So far as known, the shock was felt at the following 

 places (see figure 4) : 



Places. 



Location with respect to 

 Yakutat Bay. 



Observers. 



Disenchantment Bay. , . . 

 Yakutat Village 



In Yakutat Bay 



Mouth of Yakutat Bay 



West of Yakutat 



170 miles west of Yakutat. 

 220 miles west-northwest. 



240 miles northwest. ..... 



250 miles northwest 



250 miles west-northwest. 

 420 miles west of Yakutat 

 410 miles west-northwest. 



430 miles northwest 



340 miles north-northwest. 

 290 miles north- north west. 

 240 miles north 



J. Bullman, L. A. Cox, S. 

 Cox, A. Flenner, J. P. 

 Fults, Jr., A. Johnson, 

 T. Smith, and D. Stevens. 



C. E. Hill, R. W. Beaslev, 

 Mrs. Esther Early, Albin 

 Johnson, and others. 



Pacific Ocean 



Controller Bay 



T. G. White. 



Copper River delta 



Chugach Mountains 



Chugach Mountains 



Valdez 



H. B. Ritter, E. B. Latham, 



and others. 

 W. C. Babcock. 

 J. D. Jefferson. 

 L. S. Camicia. 



Homer 



George Jam me. 

 E. F. Glenn. 



Cook Inlet 



Birch Creek District 



Eagle 



J. E. Kinnalev. 

 W. G. Myers." 

 F. Dennison. 

 Lars Gunderson 



Forty Mile District 



Stewart River 



Fort Selkirk 



215 miles north 





Five Fingers 



200 miles northeast 



190 miles north 



Telegraph operator. 

 Northwest mounted police. 

 J. J. Mc Arthur. 

 Northwest mounted police. 

 G. S. Fleming. 

 Telegraph operator. 

 A. E. Acland. 

 Prospectors. 

 Charles Johnson. 



Tantalus 



Upper Yukon River 



Upper Yukon River 



Whitehorse 



180 miles northeast 



190 miles northeast .... 



1 70 miles northeast 



180 miles east ...... 



Tagish 



Upper Alsek River 



Upper Alsek River 



Drv Bav .... 



90 miles northeast 



115 miles east 



60 miles southeast. 



150 miles southeast 



215 miles east 



230 miles east 



240 miles east 



275 miles east . . 



Glacier Bav 



August Buschmann. 

 J. C. Gwillim. 



Atlin Lake 



Atlin District 



J. H. Pottinger. 



Surprise Lake 



John Bimms. 



Teslin Lake 



G. E. Boulter. 



Skagway 



160 miles east-southeast . . 



180 miles southeast 



220 miles southeast 



275 miles southeast 



260 miles southeast 



1,200 miles southeast of 

 Yakutat Bay. Water 

 waves perhaps due to 

 this earthquake. 



C. L. Andrews, B. F. Shel- 



Berners Bay district 



Juneau ... 



ton, and others. 

 H. W. Mellen. 

 H. H. Folsom and others. 



Sumdum 



R. V. Rowe. 



Sitka 



P. T Rowe, Andrew Mala- 



Lake Chelan, Washing- 

 ton. 



koff, and others. 

 Residents of Chelan. 



