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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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Individual Event Report
Event #113 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
This earthquake appears in all the catalogs, and the account of it originates with Plummer, who says (Tacoma Ledger - February 28, 1893 - article included in WPPSS documents): "On the 9th of January 1873, several sharp shocks were felt at Tacoma, and with less force at Seattle. No damage was done."
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
1873                    Tacoma  WA  III  RF       
N-WPP - 2473 - - - HOLD2 - 1231 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
684  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Tacoma 9 Jan, 1873 II -Holden's Cat. pg 95
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
23  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 23 1873 Jan. 9 - Tacoma II 4
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
838  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Tacoma January 9, 1873 II
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1231  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1873. January 9; II. Tacoma.__P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2473  Coombs, H.A., W.G. Milne, O.W. Nuttli, and D.B. Slemmons, "Report of the Review Panel on the December 14, 1872 earthquake",  1976  Appendix D: Selected Supporting Information -- Professor Plummer's Paper on "Recent Volcanic Activity" Read before the Academy of Science - Tacoma Ledger - February 28, 1893 
Transcription: (This is part of an 8 page article - see the WPPSS table for entire text RSL 7/1995)

On the 9th of January 1873, several sharp shocks were felt
at Tacoma, and with less force at Seattle. No damage was done.
On November 20th of the same year shocks were felt at Tacoma,
and the following December three shocks were felt at Olympia.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1047  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: 1873 January 9. II. Tacomma,-P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
210  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1873 January 9; II; Tacoma. P.
 


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