Something after four o'clock, we heard a violent ringing of the church-bell and saw the people flocking out onto the streets; looking up at the church-tower, although we did not feel the shock, we saw that the whole church was being violently shaken, and that the ringing bells, which we had heard, were not moved by human hands.

This third shock of the day was more strongly felt in other districts, than with us.

In the City of Mexico, three hundred miles away, it was the most severe of the day.
The whole town was in commotion; people threw themselves upon their knees in the streets and prayed to the Virgin for protection.

Later in the day, we saw a priest and a saint's figure passing through the streets, and as they passed the people paid reverence.

Surely the little procession, illegal though it was, must have been successful, for there were no further shocks.