At six o'clock in the morning, local time, an earthquake tremor was felt in the San Francisco Bay area. Observers reported that the waters of Half Moon Bay "left the bay for several seconds." No casualties or damage were inflicted, however. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Edward Singleton Holden, A Catalogue of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast, 1769-1897 (Washington,D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1898), 55.