Northwest History. Alaska. Earthquakes & Volcanoes.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1927
• Subjects: Alaska; earthquake; Seattle; southeastern Alaska; the United States; Ketchikan; Wrangell; Juneau; Haines; Skagway; Perry Byerly; the University of California; seismograph; Berkeley; Honolulu; T. A. Jaggar; Mount Kilauea volcano laboratory; Hawaiian; Pacific coast time; Petersburg; Everett; Wash.; Y. M. C. A.; movement; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Byerly; Pacific
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90578

Alaska Shaken By Earthquake: Dishes Broken And Clocks Stopped Over Wide Area -- Cable Is Broken. ALASKA SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE Dishes Broken and Clocks Stopped Over Wide Area—Cable Is Broken. SEATTLE, Oct. 24. (/P) -- Earthquake shocks of considerable intensity shook southeastern Alaska today, severing cables maintained by the United States army signal corps between Ketchikan and Wrangell and between Juneau, Haines and Skagway, breaking dishes and windows and stopping clocks. Reports from western Alaska, which includes a score of actic volcanoes, were lacking and there were some indications that the center of the disturbance was in the Pacific ocean off the coast of Alaska. Dr. Perry Byerly, seismologist of the University of California, reported that the chart of his seismograph indicated the disturbance centered 1650 miles northwest of Berkeley. The earthquake was of great intensity, Dr. Byerly said, and lasted from 8:05 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Pacific time. Warns of Tidal Waves. In Honolulu Dr. T. A. Jaggar, director of the Mount Kilauea volcano laboratory, notified the hydrographic office that tidal waves dangerous to shipping would occur in Hawaiian waters between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Pacific coast time. The earth shock was recorded by seismographs all over the United States, in many instances throwing the recording needles off the drums because of the violence of the tremors. Officers in charge of the Alaska calbe in Seattle said a cable repair ship would depart from Seattle Wednesday to repair the breaks in the Ketchikan-Wrangell cable and in the line from Juneau to Haines and Skagway. Juneau Clocks Stopped. The main shock was felt in Juneau at 7 a.m., followed by three lesser ones. Many residents rushed from their beds in night clothing. Dishes rattled, light chandeliers swung and clocks stopped. Petersburg reported the shock at 6:51 a.m., but the damage was confined to broken dishes and windows and stopped clocks. At Everett, Wash., Y. M. C. A. officials reported that the water in the swimming pool swayed gently from side to side about 10 a.m. spilling into a trough normally about six inches above the water. The movement lasted about an hour and a half and no local explanation was found for the phenomenon.