Earthquakes of 1875: Statistics and Notable Disasters
A CELEBRATED German writer in Mineralogische Mitteilungen gives detailed statistics for 1875 of the earthquakes throughout the world. The number of shocks recorded is ninety-seven, occurring on one hundred different days. The greatest numbers were in January; the next greatest in December and March; the least were in September and October. The number of lives lost by earthquakes in 1875 was 20,000; the most destructive of these occurrences were the earthquake of Cucuta, and New Granada, May 16-18, which destroyed several towns and villages, and of St. Christobel and Guadalaxara, Mexico, February 11, which extended from the Pacific Ocean to Leon. Of volcanic eruptions, those which took place in Iceland were the most important.