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THE author gave a brief account of the earthquakes in Eastern Europe of August 27, which seem to have travelled eastwards from Malta to the south of Italy. It is a curious coincidence that the first important indications of earthquake disturbance in the United States took place on that date, when the geyser of the Yellowstone spouted forth and when the first moderately severe shock at Charleston occurred. The principal shock was on Tuesday night, August 31. This is the one which has done most damage, and which was felt over a wider area than any previously recorded in North America. It has, however, been succeeded by shocks, fortunately of less intensity, which have been felt over a still wider area. The later shocks of Thursday and Friday were felt in Nevada and California.
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The Recent American Earthquake 1 . Nature 34, 470–471 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/034470a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/034470a0