HISTORICAL
CHAPTER III. - WEATHER. (CONT'D).
EARTHQUAKES.
The Harlan Herald is authority for the occurrence of a slight earthquake shock in Shelby county, as follows:
"On November 15, 1877, a slight earthquake was felt here at eleven o'clock A. M., local time. H. S. Mastiik was leaning against a column of the porch of Stutsman's store, and says that he felt three distant vibrations from north to south, lasting but a few seconds. We understand that other parties felt the shock, but at the time did not know what was the matter with them. One man thought he was struck with the palsy, and another that he was top heavy without any known cause. These things make us think that our underpinning may be knocked from under us at any time. The shock was felt in Council Bluffs, Omaha, Denison and Iowa City."
Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, November, 2019 from the Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, by Edward S. White, P.A., LL. B.,Volume 1, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1915, pg. 72.
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