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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 #60 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Other (non-earthquake) Only known from Holden (1887): "1866. February 17; 'The Klamath River, fifteen miles above the Jacksonville road, was suddenly raised, exposing its bed, while a hill on its bank sunk away to a level plain: on one side of the hill, where it separated from the mainland, it left an abrupt bluff. The river channel was immediately changed, the water running around where the hill had been standing. Bob Whittle, and others, witnessed the phenomenon, and gathered large quantities of fish, that were left in the old bed, when the water drained off.'-B.Ms.-Quincy Union, March 10, 1866.Yreka Journal."
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
1866  17                    Klamath River  OR           
HOLD1 - 439 - - - HOLD1 - 439 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
439  Holden, Edward S., 1887, List of Recorded Earthquakes in California, Lower California, Oregon, and Washington Territory  1887  Printed by Direction of the Regents of the University of California, Sacremento, California, 
Transcription: 1866. February 17; "The Klamath River, fifteen miles above the Jacksonville road, was suddenly raised, exposing its bed, while a hill on its bank sunk away to a level plain: on one side of the hill, where it separated from the mainland, it left an abrupt bluff. The river channel was immediately changed, the water running around where the hill had been standing. Bob Whittle, and others, witnessed the phenomenon, and gathered large quantities of fish, that were left in the old bed, when the water drained off."-B.Ms.-Quincy Union, March 10, 1866.Yreka Journal.
 


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