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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 #212 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Holden and others state that this information was provided by the United States Lighthouse Board.
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
1888    48.00  122.50        Point No Point Lighthouse  WA           
HOLD2 - 1250 WWC - 1683 - - HOLD2 - 1250 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
712  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Point No Point Light House 4 am 1 Feb, 1888 -Holden's Cat. pg 120
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2425  Washington Public Power Supply System, "WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 2, Final Safety Analysis Report, Volume 1, Amendment 18"
September 1981 
1981  Table 2.5-6 
Transcription: 1888 Feb 1 Point No Point, Wash. TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
866  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Point No Point LH 4:00a February 1, 1888
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
61  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 61 1888 Feb. 1 12:00 Point No Point 4 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1075  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: 1888 February 1. 4 a.m. Point No Point Lighthouse [Kitsap Co.]. A slight shock.-Manu- script kindly communicated by USLH Board.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1683  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 188802 11200000 48000-122500W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
240  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1888 February 1, 4 a.m.; Point No Point Lighthouse; a slight shock. MS kindly communicated by United States Lighthouse Board.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1250  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1888. February 1; 4 A.M. Point No Point Lighthouse, Washington. A slight shock.__Ms. kindly communicated by U.S. L.H. Board.
 


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