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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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1793-1849 .... 1850s .... 1860s .... 1870s .... 1880s .... 1890s .... 1900s .... 1910s .... 1920s .... 1930s (not complete) .... Other Cascadia Catalogs

  
Individual Event Report
Event #214 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Holden (1898) cites the United States Lighthouse Board as the origin of this information.
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
1889  16    48.00  122.50        Point No Point Lighthouse  WA           
HOLD2 - 1251 WWC - 1685 - - HOLD2 - 1251 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2426  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: 1889 Mar 16 Point No Point, Wash. TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1251  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1889. March 16; 2 P.M. Point No Point Lighthouse, Washington. A slight shock.__U.S.L.H. Board.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
241  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1889 March 16, 2 p.m.; Point No Point Lighthouse; a slight shock. United States Lighthouse Board.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1685  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 188903162200000 48000-122500W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
62  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 62 1889 Mar. 16 22:00 Point No Point 4 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1076  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: 1889 March 16. 2 p.m. Point No Point Lighthouse [Kitsap Co.]. A slight shock.-USLH Board.
 


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