This York Daily Record/Sunday News graphic represents the location of the series of earthquakes that have been felt in northeastern York County in the past year. So far, the impact of the earthquakes have not been as severe as "A BIG GROUND SWELL" that shook York County in March 1889. Background posts: Northern York area strawberry part of Neapolitan county and Photographer tramps to far reaches of York County and Franklintown second cousin to neighboring Dillsburg.
Recent Dillsburg-area earthquakes have been mere rumblings compared to the most memorable quake to hit York County - in 1889.
The multi-deck headline in the York Gazette on March 9, 1889, tells the story:
"A BIG GROUND SWELL"
"York Shaken by a Bona Fide Earthquake"
"A Tall Local Sensation"
"Bricks Fall From Chimneys And Dishes Rattle"
"BUILDINGS VIBRATE"
"Pianos Emit Weird and Mysterious Sounds"
"The SHAKE AT OTHER POINTS"
"Windows Rattled at Gettysburg - Lancaster and Old Berks Feel the Shock - Baltimore Touched"
"OTHER POINTS FEEL THE TREMOR."
The Gazette reported that the streets were deserted, but as soon as it was felt, men, women and children rushed shrieking into the street... .
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