General Characters of the Disturbance, 29
1884. Oct. 8th, 12 h. 10 m. p.m. Lower Austria; Schrems,
Zwettl, &c. ; preceded by subterranean noise. (' Nature,'
Nov. 6th.)
1884. Nov. 23rd and 24th. Shocks near Briancon, de-
partment of the Hautes Alpes. (' Nature,' Dec. 4th.)
1884. Nov. 27th, about 11 p.m. Severe shock at Grenoble;
no damage. About the same time several shocks at Lyons,
at Marseilles (where furniture was upset), Antibes (Dep.
Alpes Maritimes), Draguignan (Dep. Var.), and at Geneva.
(' Standard,' Nov. 29th, and ' Nature,' Dec. 4th.)
1884-1885. South Spain. On Dec. 25th, shortly before
9 p.m., a violent shock, causing immense damage in the
southern provinces, especially at Malaga, Torrox, Antequera,
Loja, Granada, Alhama, Jaen, Seville, Albuequeros, Albu-
nuelas, &c. Numerous towns and villages wrecked, and over 1000
human lives, together with 10,000 head of cattle, sacrificed.
A landslip from a mountain at Periana, in Malaga, over-
whelmed from 700 to 800 buildings. The area most severely
shaken was about 25,000 square miles in extent, the first
shock being felt as far north as Madrid. Focus probably the
axis of the Sierras Alhama. Shocks repeated almost daily
up to the middle of February, 1885, on some occasions of
sufficient intensity to cause further structural damage. On
Dec. 25th, at 8 h. 17 m. and 11 p.m. (Berne time), slight
shocks at Zernetz, Engadine. On Dec. 28th structural
damage caused by a severe shock at Tarvis, Carinthia, and
about 7 a.m. on the same day a violent shock at Sundal and
Oxendal on the west coast of Norway, a locality very rarely
visited by such disturbances.
1885. Jan. 1st, 2 a.m. Lausanne; slight.
1885. Jan. 4th. Southern Styria ; numerous shocks and
slight damage. At the same time felt near Mont Cenis.
1885. Jan. 5th. Italy; strong shock at Velletri near
Borne. On this date also, at 3 a.m. at Chambery, and at
5 h. 50 m. a.m. at Embrun (Hautes Alpes.)
1885. Jan. 21st, between 0 h. 1 m. a.m. Ennenda,
Canton Glanis; slight.
1885. Jan. 27th and 28th. Southern Styria; several
shocks.
1885. Feb. 2nd, evening. Bosnia and Herzegovina;
severe shocks.
1885. Feb. 15th. Savoy; slight shocks about time of
renewed disturbances in South Spain. Felt in Valley of
Isere and at Chambery.
1885. Feb. 25th, 8 h. 30 m. p.m. South Hungary; three
severe shocks with usual noise at Temesuar. Slighter shocks
on following morning.