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L. MARTIN ALASKAN EARTHQUAKES OF 1899 



Observers. 



Places. 



Years. 



Dates. 



Remarks. 



T G White 



Yakutat 



1893. 

 1894. 

 1896. 

 1897. 



1898. 

 1899. 



1900. 



1901. 

 1902. 



March 





R W Beaslev 



Yakutat 



November 3. 

 May 



Three light shocks. 



Very severe ; earthwaves. 



Severe, shaking the house. 



7 p. m. 



Buildings vibrated and gravel 



slid in river banks. 

 Slight. 



John Shepard 



Orca 



Yakutat 



January 11... 



Winter 



May 6 



About Aug. 16 

 August 



August 24 



October 15... 



October 



Oct'r-Nov'r.. 



March 18 



April 1 





Wood Island 





Selkirk 





Tyonek 



Rev. F, R. Falconer 



Charles Brown 



J. E. Spurr 



Susitna Station 



Valdez 



Trees swayed violently on calm, 



windless day. 

 Heavy earthquake at 10 p. m. 

 Near Hot Springs. 



Katmai 



Katmai 



Skagway 



F. E. Fuller 



Q ts Qhariplr 



7.30 a. m., slight. 



Northeast, 15 seconds; 15 min- 



Juneau 



11 Q TiV^hpv 



Unga 



utes later, 8 to 10 seconds. 

 Four seconds, motion west to 



XX G T'lViViiiV 



Unga 



Unga 



east. 

 4.45 p. m., east to west. Threw 



light articles off shelves. 

 10 a. m., north to south, light. 

 2.65 a. m. Two shocks north to 



TI G '^riVihAV 



June 8 







July 14 





Tyonek 



Unalaska 



Unga 



July 11 



July 14 



south, 6 seconds, rumbling 

 noise preceding. 

 Severe. 





2.15 a. m. 



H. S. Tibbey 



Capt. J. S. Herron 



Sept'r 22 



Oct' r 21-22.... 



1^.30 p. m., severe, north to south. 

 Shocks, with low, rumbling 

 noises. 



Alaska Range 



Oarti- R MnOnv 



Fort Gibbon 



November 1. 



July 30 



August 7 



August 8 



Augu>t 9 



Aujrust 9 



Fort Gibbon. 

 11.05 p. m. 



L. S.Camicia 



R. W. Beasley 



R W Beasley 



Valdez 



Yakutat 



1 p. m. 



4.15 p. m., light. 



5.25 p. m., light. 



Yakutat 



Yakutat 





7.40 p. m., light. 

 11 p. m., light. 

 Light shocks. 



Severe shock. 



TJ W ■Roa&lpv 



Yakutat 



August Groot 



Cross Sound, 80 

 miles -west of 

 Juneau. 



October 7 



October 



October 11 .... 

 October 12 ... 

 October 13-14 

 October 14 .... 

 October 14 .... 

 October 15.... 

 October 22 .... 

 October 23 ... 

 October 24 ... 

 October 26 .. 

 December 17 

 December 27 

 December 31 

 Fall 1900, 



spring 1901. 

 January 17... 

 January 19.... 

 January 24.... 



March (?) 



April 4 



T. G. White 



L L Bowers 



Katalla 





Kodiak 



Kodiak 





T, 7, "Rrtwprsj 



5.15 a. m. 





Kodiak 





C. p. Coe 



Tj Tj Rowprs 



Wood Island 



Kodiak 



Kodiak 



2.30 and 5.15 a. m. 



T, T. "RnvpprQ 



8 and 8.15 a. m. 



L. L. Bowers.. 



L. L. Bowers 



L. L Bowers 



Kodiak 



Kodiak 



During evening. 

 3 a. m. 



Kodiak 



Slight shocks during day. 



Kodiak 



Slight during day and night. 



T> w Beaslev 



Yakutat 



5 a. m. 





Kodiak 



12.05 a. m,, short and heavy. 



P W "Rpftftlpv 



Yakutat 



1.40 a. m. 



H W Mellen 



Prince of Wales 



Island. 

 Kodiak 



Frequent rumbling noises and 





light tremblings. 

 8.30 a. m. 





Yakutat 



7 a. m. 



R W Beasley 



Yakutat 



Fort Gibbon 



Kodiak 



5 a. m. 



Capt. R. McCoy 



T T. RniTPr-^ 



Hard earthquake. 

 6.30 a. m. 





Kodiak 



May 30 



7.15 p. m., light. 

 8.30 a. m. 



G F Baker 



Fairbanks 



July 12 



July 23 



Ti Ti Bnwers 



Kodiak 



Valdez 



4.25 p. m. 



Simenn Pnst 



September.... 

 September.... 

 Sept'r 28 



February 



April 18 or 19 

 December 6.. 







Valdez 



2.50 p. m. 



R.W. Beasley 



Adoloh Stecker 



Yakutat 



12.30 p. m. 



Bethel 





Prospector _ 



Tyonek 



Slight. 





Thought building would be 







crushed. 



