RELATION TO OTHER ALASKAN EARTHQUAKES 



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Observers. 



Places. 



Years. 



Dates. 



Remarks. 



Rev. A. R. Hoare 



Tanana 



1903. 



1904. 

 1905. 



1906. 



1907. 

 1908. 



1909. 



Winter 1902- 



1903. 

 March 10 





R. W. Beasley 



Yakutat 



6am 







Chas. Suironstad 



Valdez 



March 



Drove people into streets. 



W. A. Dickey 





May 



L. S. Camicia 



Valdez 



June 2 



3.45 p. m., strong shock; direc- 

 tion, northeast to southwest. 

 1 1 40 a m 



L. S. Camicia 



Valdez 



July 13 



July 



G. C. Maitin 



Dry Bay 



Enoehkin Bay 



i.liffs fell 



G. C. Martin 



August 



1903 



Sept'r 10 



December 8.. 

 1904-1905 



February 6... 

 August .... 



Waves on still water of bay. 



Very severe. 



5am 





R. W. Beabley 



Yaliutat 



Brother Constantine 



Koserefsky 



Violent shaking of log church. 

 7 20 a m 



Dr. J. H. Romig 



L. S, Camicia 



INushagak 



Valdez 



Seward 



E. E. Ritcliee 



2(1 to 30 seconds. 



L. S. Camicia 



Val.iez 



November 22 

 December 8.. 

 December 9.. 

 December 8.. 



May 2.5 



Augu.>-t 6-7... 



Summer 



Sept'r 19 



October 25 ... 

 November 28 

 December 2(i 

 December 25 

 December 22 

 December 28 

 March 



August 22 



1906-1907 



September*). 



October 5 



Fall 



At midnight. 



Rev. N. N Atncau 



AdoIphStecker 



Onhagmute 



Bethel 



Rev. John Hiuz 



OsiHvik, Kuskok- 



wim. 

 Val.iez 



House rocked; also felt 80 miles 



L. S. Camicia 



away at Bethel. 

 5 a m. 



Mrs. J. R. Heekman. 



Loring 



10 p. m. and 3 a. m. 

 Slight tremors. 

 2 p. m. 

 ■2 10 a m. 



R. S. Tarr 



YHivUtat Bav 



J. R. Havden 



Fairmont Island... 

 Valdez 



L. S. Camicia 



J. J. Tolbert 



Dutch Harbor 



Dutch Harbor 



Cold Bay 



Dutch Harbor 



Cold Bay 



.Mary's Igloo, Hot 



.*^ p r i n g s, and 



Shelton. 



Dutch Harbor 



Nu.shagak 



Nushagak 



Killi«noo 



Slight, 12.30 a. m. 

 Slight, during day. 



J. J. Tolbert 



C. L. Boudry 



J. J. Tolhert 



7 a. m. and 7.55 p. m. 

 10 p. m. 



11.25 a. m. 



C. L. Boudry 



Judge Lars Gunderson 

 J. J. Tolbert 



Dr. J. H. Romig 





Dr. J. H Romig 





S. Kilborn 



Light shocks. 



J. R. Hayden 



Prince William 



Sound. 

 Valdez 



J. D. Jefferson 



December 10 

 May 3 





Lieut. L. H. Hansen... 



Fort Liscum 



Fort Liscum 



Valdez 



Kn«lvokwim Rivei 

 Dutch Harbor 



Hot Springs 



Yakutat 



7 p. m., 10 seconds. 



Lieut, L. H, Hansen... 

 L. S. Camicia 



May 4 



May 4 



7.3.1 a. m., 15 seconds, slight 

 shock, with rumbling sounds. 

 7 a. m. 



Rev. N N. Amcan 



J. J. Tolbert 



B. F. Baker 



June 8 



March 15 



December 20 



February 16. 

 May 6 (?) 



July 16 



Three shocks, one at 3 o'clock 



and two about 7. 

 6 a. m., sharp shock. 



Stopped clocks. 



Spilled water out of reservoir on 



E. A. Rasmussen 



E. A. Rasmussen 



Yakutat 



Lawrence Martin 



Russell Fiord, 

 Yak mat Bay. 



stove and from barrels out- 

 doors. 

 Slight, with booming noise, as 

 of avalanche. 







Comparison with other Great Earthquakes 



The Yakutat Bay earthquakes of September, 1899, are in some respects 

 like and in some respects different from other great seismic disturbances. 

 They rank among the greatest North American earthquakes (figure 1) 

 and stand high among the world's seismic disturbances in intensity and 



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