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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 #166 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
The single originial account of this event was provided by Riley Hoskinson, weather observer on Bainbridge Island., who described the event as "wavy".
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  29  11  25    47.65  122.52        Bainbridge Island  WA           
WBR - 2118 WWC - 1663 - - WBR - 2118 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1663  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 188012300725000 47650-122525W III R 3 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
41  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 41 1880 Dec. 30 07:25 Bainbridge Is. III 4
 
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."
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1059  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 29. 11:25 p.m. III. Bainbridge Island [Kitsap Co.] Slight shock.-MWR [December 1880, p. 16-17].
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
222  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1880 December 29, 11:25 p.m.; III; slight shock, Bainbridge Island. U.S.W.R.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
848  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Bainbridge 11:25p December 29, 1880 III
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
459  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 29, 11:25 p.m. Slight shock, Bainbridge Island, W.T.--U.S.W.R.
 


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