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Cascadia Historic Earthquake Catalog, 1793-1929
Covering Washington, Oregon and Southern British Columbia

Provided by: The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
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1793-1849 .... 1850s .... 1860s .... 1870s .... 1880s .... 1890s .... 1900s .... 1910s .... 1920s .... 1930s (not complete) .... Other Cascadia Catalogs

  
Individual Event Report
Event #629 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
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TIME LOCATION MAGNITUDE MAX. INTENSITY FELT AREA
YR MO DAY HR MIN AM/PM Time
Type
LAT(N) LON(W) DEP
(km)
MAG Mag
Type
Felt
Plc.
Felt
St.
Inten-
sity
Int.
Type
Felt
Area
Felt
Area
Int.
Felt
Area
Units
1926  10  16  45  45.73  121.48        White Salmon  WA  RF       
TAWA - 1187 WWC - 1884 - - TAWA - 1187 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1187  Townley, S. D. and M. W. Allen, 1939, Descriptive Catalog of Earthquakes of the Pacific Coast of the United States 1769-1928, Chap. III Earthquakes in Washington, 1883-1928, BSSA, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 259-268  1939   
Transcription: 1926 October 16. 6:45 p.m. V+? White Salmon, Klickitat Co. Abrupt; furniture and pictures moved; felt by many.SRC&GS.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1884  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System. Copy provided to UW in 1993. 
Transcription: 192610170245000 45730-121483W V R 5 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
182  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 182 1926 Oct. 17 02:45 White Salmon V+ 4
 


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