Cascadia Catalog 1793-1930

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Individual Event Report

Event #167 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs
The single originial account of this event was provided by Riley Hoskinson, weather observer on Bainbridge Island. His description of earthquakes in January of 1881 is that "All of these slight and motion tremulous".
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
1881	1	5	10	56	P		47.65	122.52				Bainbridge Island	WA
WBR - 2119							WWC - 1664		-	-		WBR - 2119				-

Underlying Source Material

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
42	Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476	1967
Transcription: 42 1881 Jan. 6 06:56 Bainbridge Is. 4 slight shock

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
460	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: 1881. January 5-7; Bainbridge Island, W.T. Slight shocks at 10:56 p.m. of 5th. Slight shocks 4:20 p.m. of 6th. Slight shocks at 10:15 p.m. of 7th.--U.S.W.R.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
849	Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park
Transcription: Bainbridge 10:56p January 5, 1881

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1664	Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished	1981	Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 188101 60656000 47650-122525W R 01

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1207	The American Journal of Science	1882	Third Series, Vol. XXIII, Nos. 133-138, January to June 1882, pp. 258-259
Transcription: Rockwood, C. G. ""Notes on Earthquakes", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Third Series, VOL. XXIII, Nos. 133-138, January to June 1882, pp. 258-259. January 5 to 7, 1881 - At Bainbridge Island, W. T. (47 degrees 42' N., 122 degrees 31' W.); slight shocks at 10:56 P. M. of 5th; at 4:20 P. M. of 6th, and at 10:15 P. M. of 7th. (U. S. Weather Rev.). March 14 - 10:30 P. M. slight shock at Bainbridge Island, W. T.; duration, thirty seconds (U. S. Weather Rev.).

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
223	Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153	1935
Transcription: 1881 January 5-7; III; Bainbridge Island; slight shocks at 10:56 p.m. of the 5th; slight shocks at 4:20 p.m. of 6th; slight shocks at 10:15 p.m. of 7th. U.S.W.R.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
694	Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park
Transcription: Bainbridge Island 10:56 pm 5 Jan, 1881 -Am Jr Sc III- XXIII pg 258

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1060	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: 1881 January 5-7. III. Bainbridge Island [Kitsap Co.]. Slight shocks at 10:56 p.m. of 5th. Slight shocks 4:20 p.m. of 6th. Slight shocks at 10:15 p.m. of 7th.-MWR [January 1881,p.17-18].

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
2119	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 January, 1881: Earthquakes as follows: 5th at 10:56 p. m. 6th at 4:20 a. m. 7th at 10:15 p. m. 16th at 11 p. m. 30th at 9:46 p. m. All of these slight and motion tremulous.