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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 #139 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Known only from a Victoria Colonist article transcribed in the WPPSS documents: "Westminster and Nanaimo papers report a slight earthquake... which rattled doors, windows and crockery. The shock, if felt at all, was scarcely perceptible here."
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
1877  19  10  45              New Westminster  B.C.           
N-WPP - 2493 - - - N-WPP - 2493 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2493  Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. 
1977  Tables 2R-E18 and 2R-E14D. Victoria Daily Colonist, Victoria, B.C., September 23, 1877 
Transcription: September 19, 1877
Victoria Daily Colonist, Victoria, B.C., September 23, 1877

"Westminster and Nanaimo papers report a slight earthquake at 15
minutes to 11 o'clock Wednesday night which rattled doors, windows and
crockery. The shock, if felt at all, was scarcely perceptible here."
 


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