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

Provided by: The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
About the Cascadia Historic Earthquake Catalog       One-line catalog format

1793-1849 .... 1850s .... 1860s .... 1870s .... 1880s .... 1890s .... 1900s .... 1910s .... 1920s .... 1930s (not complete) .... Other Cascadia Catalogs

  
Individual Event Report
Event #111 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Known only from a report in the Oregonian.
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
1872  12  20                    Port Townsend  WA           
N-Ore - 2198 - - - N-Ore - 2198 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2198  Oregonian  1872  December 27, 1872 
Transcription: Port Townsend advices of the 20th report another slight shock of earthquake on that date.
 


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