Earthquake on the Pacific Coast
By Editor
On the afternoon of July 1 a very sensibly felt earthquake shock occurred throughout the Pacific Coast. It is the hardest for years, with the exception of the one of 1906. In Mountain View its vibrations seemed to be from north to south, very slow and quite regular. But very little damage was done. Some buildings in San Jose, we understand, were cracked, and other smaller towns suffered a little, but nothing very serious. The only noticeable thing in our office was the stopping of the clock in the engineer's room. There were no preliminary tremors; it came with a startling suddenness. It is said that the total duration of motion as shown by the seismograph records was about 27 minutes. It was perceptible, however, to people ordinarily, from 15 to 25 seconds.