428 0. G. Rockwood, Jr—American Earthquakes. 
aig shock at‘17"2.17™. It was felt along the coast from Santa 
Tuz to Petaluma, a distance of about a hundred miles. The first 
houses were seriously injured, the walls being cracked so as to 
render them unsafe. It was severely felt in Oakland and Berke- 
ley on the ‘ase side of San Francisco 
eye 29. oa the evening a light shock reported in Accomac County, Virginia. 
March 1: —At 5 a ee shock was felt at Milledgeville, 
a S. Weath. 
March 31.—At 13" three very seer shocks — by J. W. Hammit at Col- 
lege tll, Hamilton County, Ohio.—U. S. Weath. Rev 
April 6.—At 6" 20™ a very light cae felt at Eureka and Hydes- 
ville, Humboldt County, Cal. 
April 8 and 11 Ak light shocks in the morning at Eureka, 
Cal.— U. 8S. Weath. Rev 
April 11.—At 14" 10" a moderate shock at Carson City and 
Virgin City, Nevada; duration three seconds; vibration north- 
est to southeast 
April 17.—At o1h 1 10" a light shock at Oakland, Cal., accom: 
— by a oe noise ; vibration northwest to southeast.— 
S. Weath. Rev 
April 20. 1 30™ a very light shock at Oakland, Cal. —U. 
S. Weath, & 
April 21 are 9%, the ap a “M. A, Nutter,” wher in re 
21° 6’ N., long. 6 1° 44’ W. “was shaken from —_ to stern y 
the shock of an cart quake, apparently from the westward.” > 
position given is in deep water (about 3000 rps about 2 
miles northeast of Sombrero, "Windward Islands. 
Apri! 30.—At 6% 46™, at Ogreeta, Cherokee County, North Carolina, aiee 
od em sound of earthquake was heard, apparently from the north. No trem 
mi —U. S.. Weath. Rev 
e 6. —At 14 two itrong shocks were felt at Red Bluff, esr 
fornia, gen of about one second’s duration and with an interv gs 
three our seconds. The shock caused the wall of 
building to erack, ie direction was east to heat 
lat. 40° 24’ N., oe 198° 50! ee 
foot 75 miles west of Cape Medoone ¢ or . It ‘* cause 
June 16.—At 10° 48™ a shock was 3 at Los Angeles, a 
vibrations north to south; duration about two seconds.— 
Weath, Rev. 
‘July ge piazlight a very light shock reported at San 
Francisco, Cal.; vibration east to west—-U. 8. Weath. Rev. 
