PREVIOUS CHILIAN EARTHQUAKE.

Grey River Argus, 21 August 1906, Page 3

PREVIOUS CHILIAN EARTHQUAKE.

Tsy the earthquake which happened February 1835 the isle -of-" 'Santa "Maria was uplifted, the southern end ?•, the central part 9, and the northern •end 10 feet ; but both it and Conception subsided a few weeks afterwards and 'even lost part of their previous elevation. During this earthquake two great .waves rolled over the town of Talcahuaao ; the deep sea, close in •shore, was v dry-for a few moments, and asmoke burst from the surface of the

; water. During a very smart earthquake at Coquirabo, in November 1849 the sea" retired about 150 yards and then rolled back about 12ft high. An English ship, anchored in 7 fathoms of water, in the neighboring bay of Herrandura, nearly touched the -Bottom from the receding sea, which after wards rolled in like a bore, arid the water continued to ebb and flow for an hour and a half after the shock.

In the Chilian Andes there are 23 volcanoes of which only a few are occasionally active. Aconcagna, which lies to the north-west of Valparaiso, reaches a height of 22,427 ft.