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

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Individual Event Report
Event #117 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Known only from Plummer's 1893 article: "On November 20th of [1873] shocks were felt at Tacoma,
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  11  20                    Tacoma  WA           
N-WPP - 2473 - - - N-WPP - 2473 -

Underlying Source Material
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.
 


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