360 C. G. Rockwood—American Earthquakes. 
Nov. 27.—6.30 p.m. Asevere shock occurred at Welland, Allan- 
burg, Port Colborne “no other eso ae the Welland 
Canal between Lake Erie and Lake Ont 
Nov. 28.—5.15 p.m. A ined tba at San Shtesdiéd. Cent. Amer. 
Noy. 30. A second lighter shock at daylight at the same place 
NV. Y. Tribune 
Dec. ~ — slight shocks at Santiago de Cuba followed bs a 
severe one on the morning of the 12th. WW. Y. Tim 
Dec. = " Abont 5.20 Pp. Mm. a shock occurred in the ouchiaadah 
Pp w Hampshire. It was felt at Dover fete P. M.), 
Beatoosook (5.20 p.m), Concord (5.24 p. m.), New Market 
5.25 Pp. M.), and other neighboring places. It lasted several 
seconds and was accompanied by a rumbling noise. 
Dec. 19. Two slight shocks at Panama. 
Dec. 19,—11.45 Pp. ma. Two light shocks, east to west, at Visalia, 
Cal. U. S. We ev. 
Dec. 31. About 10.05 p. m. a decided shock with rumbling noise 
was _ in —— N. S. and other places along the railroad 
was also reported from Eastport (9.55 P. M.), 
Roakiand oe 00 p. mM.) and Bangor (9.30 p, m.), in Maine. 
he above record for 1882 includes seventy-two items, of 
which thirteen are in small type. They may be class sified 
geographically as follows: 
Cenlce, 500s ne eee 6 
New England, 5, 3 doubtful. 
AMANO Stated, 2.005 stake 6, , ean bee 
Mississippi Valley, -.....----- it, Beats 
EOS COMBE ae. wee ibe 
Mexico and Central America, - 18 
SOONG 8s ek ce 
Poe Indies, Sie a . 1 . 
roe 1 
72 13 
The following may be selected as the more important of the 
earthquakes noticed above: 
March 2, Guatemala; March 8, Costa Rica ; April 30, Ore- 
gon ; June 27, California ; Sept. 7, Central America; Sept 27, 
[llinois ; Oct. 14, Lllinois ; Oct. ‘22, Arkansas, Kansas, et; 
Nov. 7, Colorado and Wyoming. 
Thirty- six items are added to the record of previous years. 
They all refer to the Central American region, and are distrib- 
uted as follows: 1879, six; 1880, nine; 1881, twenty-one. 
Princeton, N. J., March 12, 1883. 
