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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 #216 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Puyallup Valley - Vague report originating with F.G. Plummer (included as part of WPPSS documentation) who states: "In the fall of 1889 several slight tremors were felt in the Puyallup valley and in the regions immediately surrounding Mount Tacoma, and in September, 1891, there were several small shocks felt at Tacoma, but these were so slight that to my knowledge no record has been kept of the dates or directions."
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        47.19  122.29        Puyallup  WA  II  RF       
TAWA - 1077 WWC - 1684 - - HOLD2 - 1252 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1077  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 "In the autumn." 18h [6 p.m.] II. Puyallup [Pierce Co.]. Several shocks.-P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
242  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1889 "In the autumn," 18h; II; an earthquake at Puyallup; several shocks. P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1684  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 1889 0200000 47192-122298W II R 2 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
63  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 63 1889 Autumn 02: Puyallup II 4
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2478  Coombs, H.A., W.G. Milne, O.W. Nuttli, and D.B. Slemmons, "Report of the Review Panel on the December 14, 1872 earthquake",  1976  Appendix D: Selected Supporting Information -- Professor Plummer's Paper on "Recent Volcanic Activity" Read before the Academy of Science - Tacoma Ledger - February 28, 1893 
Transcription: (This is part of an 8 page article - see the WPPSS table for entire text RSL 7/1995)
In the fall of 1889 several slight tremors were felt in
the Puyallup valley and in the regions immediately surrounding Mount
Tacoma, and in September, 1891, there were several small shocks
felt at Tacoma, but these were so slight that to my knowledge no
record has been kept of the dates or directions.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1252  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1889. "In the autumn," 18h. An earthquake at Puyallup, Washington. Intensity II. Several shocks.__P.
 


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