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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 #165 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Bainbridge Island, reported felt only by weather observer, repeated in many catalogs, which usually give the time as 11:16, although the original source (difficult to read) appears to read 10:16 PM. Some catalogs estimate intensity, but the origin of the information used to make intensity estimates is unclear.
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
1880  12  20  11  16  47.65  122.52        Bainbridge Island  WA           
HOLD2 - 1242 WWC - 1662 - - WBR - 2118 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
221  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1880 December 20, 11:16 p.m.; Bainbridge Island. U.S.W.R. (Puget Sound, IV);P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1205  The American Journal of Science  1881  Vol. XXI, Nos. 121-126, January to June 1881, page 202 
Transcription: Rockwood, C. G. "Notices of Recent American Earthquakes", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, VOL. XXI, Nos. 121-126, January to June 1881, p. 202.

December 7, 1880 - At 5:45 P. M. a slight shock from the S. W. at Olympia, W. T., lasting a few seconds; felt also at Bainbridge Island, where the direction was N. to S.

December 10 - A shock at 5 A. M. at Bainbridge Island, W. T., motion perpendicular (U. S. Weather Review).

December 12 - About 8:40 P. M. a severe shock occurred in the vicinity of Puget Sound, W. T. It was felt from Victoria on the north to Portland on the south. At Olympia four shocks were reported, lasting ten or fifteen seconds. At Seattle the direction was S.E. to N.W.; at Bainbridge Island it was N. to S.

December 14, 20 - Slight shocks were felt at Bainbridge Island, W. T., at 7 P. M. of the 14th, and 11:16 P. M. of the 20th (U. S. Weather Review).
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
846  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Bainbridge 11:16p December 20, 1880 III
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1662  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System. Copy provided to UW in 1993. 
Transcription: 188012210716000 47650-122525W IV R 4 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1058  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: 1880 December 20. 11:16 p.m. Bainbridge Island [Kitsap Co.]. MWR [December 1880, p. 16-17]. Puget Sound, IV.-P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
458  Holden, Edward S., 1887, List of Recorded Earthquakes in California, Lower California, Oregon, and Washington Territory  1887  Printed by Direction of the Regents of the University of California, Sacremento, California, 
Transcription: 1880. December 20; 11:16 p.m. Bainbridge Island, W.T.--U.S.W.R.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
693  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Bainbridge Island 11:25 pm 19 Dec, 1880 III -Am Jr Sc III-XXI pg 202 -Holden's Cat. pg 104
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
692  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Bainbridge 11:16 pm 20 Dec, 1880 III -Am Jr Sc III-XXI pg 202
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
40  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 40 1880 Dec. 21 07:16 Bainbridge Is. IV 4
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1242  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1880. December 20; 11:16 P.M. Bainbridge Island, W.T.___U.S.W.R. Puget Sound (IV).__P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2118  U. S. Weather Bureau Climatological Records, for the State of Washington  1819-1892  National Archives Microfilm Copy T907, Roll Nos. 530-537, 1819-1892 - Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County - Riley Hoskinson-handwritten weather forms. Researched by Gerald Elfendahl, curator, Bainbridge Island Hist. Soc. 
Transcription: From Roll No. 530:
Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County - Riley Hoskinson

"December, 1880: Earthquakes as follows:
7th at 5:45 p. m. -- Direction north to south, motion wavy.
10th at 5 a. m. -- motion perpendicular.
12th at 8:40 p. m. -- north to south, wavy.
14th at 7 p.m. -- tremulous.
20th at 10:16 p. m. -- wavy.
29th at 11:25 p. m. --also wavy.
All of the above very distinct, but not severe. Rather pleasant, than otherwise, Riley M. Hoskinson, observer."
 


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