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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 #70 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
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
1868  10            Port Townsend  WA           
N-WA - 2596 - - - N-WA - 2596 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2596  The Weekly Message  1868  Thursday June 4, 1868 p 2 col 1 
Transcription: METEOROLOGICAL - For the month of May. Mean temperature, 55 degrees; lowest reading, 42 highest reading 75 . Rainfall 63-100ths. Light snow on the 28th, which melted almost as fast as it fell. A slight shock of earthquake on the 8th, at 1:10, p.m., and a series of sharp shakes on the 16th at 3:9 [sic 3:09?] p.m.
 


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