Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-09-27
Earthquakes in 1S71.72.

THE following is an extremely concise
list of the earthquake and volcanic dis
turbances which occurred during the
spring of 1872; and it must be remembered
that this catalogue is necessarily imper-
feet, both on account of the slowDess
with which such information comes in,
and our distance from the most direct and
authentic sources of information. The
time embraced is from December to April,
1S71-72:
Dec. 23-Jan. 6-Terrible earthquakes
in Persia. Khabooshan, in northwest
Khorassan, entirely destroyed, and 80, 600
persons killed.
Jan.-Severe earthquakes in Australia.
Regions afflicted by them which never be-
fore had been shaken since the country
was settled.
Jan. 16.-Shamaka, at the southern
base of the Caucasus, seventy-tive miles
west of the Caspian Sea, entirely destroy
ed, and over one hundred persons killed.
The surrounding country suffered Sc
verely.
Jan. 2S.-Smart shock in Malaga, at 8
hours minute p. m, lasting from four to
six seconds.
Feb. 6.-At Winona, Minnesota--8 a.
m.
Feb. Sat Cairo, Illinois-5 a. m.
March Elm central and eastern Ger
many. A large area shaken; disturbance
lasted over an hour.
March Yokohama, Japan. About
this time destructive earthquakes took
place in Japan. The town of Hamada
was destroyed, and five hundred persons
killed. The North China Herald says, in
its Japanese news, "Great earthquakes in
the south, and much damage to life and
property"
March 23.-At Unionville and Winnie
mucca, Nevada. Slight shocks.
March 26.-The series of earthquakes
in California and Nevada commenced, and
continued for two months and overi
especially severe at the eastern base OF
the Sierra Nevada, III Owens Valley,
where between twenty and thirty persons
were killed. This earthquake was felt
over all of California, except its extreme
northern end, and throughout nearly all
of Nevada.
March 26.-The same day as the Owens
Valley earthquake, the city of Mexico
was shaken, between 8 and a. m. 1t is
said that this disturbance extended over
wide region to the south-that Oaxaca
was seriously injured, and that the vol
cano of Colima burst into eruption. No
authentic details, however, of these oc-
currences have been received.
March 26.-Slight shock at Paducah
Kentucky.
March 2s-Slight shock at Salt Lake
| City.
April 9.-Terrible earthquake at An
tioch and vicinity; felt far to the east, and
! over wide area of territory. The shocks
continued for a week or more. Some
1000 or 1,500 persons killed in the vicini-
ty of Antioch.
April 14.-Earthquake at Accra, on the
| Gold Coast of Africa.
April 15-The volcano of Merapi, in
| Java, which had been quiet since 1868,
| burst into terrible eruption. Great
destruction of life and property followed.
April 16, II, 1s.-Severe shocks in Ice
land, partly destroying the town of Has
wick.
April 94.-Mt. Vesuvius commenced its
| greatest eruption since 1882, much loss Of
life and property resulting.
April Eruption of the Mayou-a
magnificent volcano in the Philippine
Islands. A letter published in Nature,
May 1e, 1879, from w. w. Wood, of Ma
nilla, says "The terrestrial disturbances
still continue in the PHILIPPINE Islands,
and almost every post brings us intelli-
gence of earthquakes in the provinces.
The past year has been remarkable for
the great number of earthquakes through
out the archipelago, especially on the
great island of Mindanao, where the new
military colony on the great river suffered
severely"
From the above list-which no doubt
will be extended considerably, as detailed
news reaches us from the far-of regions
of the earth-it will be seen that the win
ter and spring of 1912 were season OF
extraordinary seismic disturbance North
America, Iceland, Europe, Africa, Asia,
the Japanese, the PHILIPPINE and the East
India Islands, as well as Australia, being
all visited by severe shocks, which in
many cases were highly destructive.
Probably over fifty thousand, and posi-
bly, as many as one hundred thousand.
lost their lives in these commissions OF
Nature, This excited period lasted over
four months. Overland Monthly for Sep
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