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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 #245 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Known from report of weather observer at Fort Simcoe, Yakima County, WA, supported by an article in the Spokesman Review. This event is a foreshock of the quake at 2:55 AM - see comment.
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
1892  29                Fort Simcoe  WA           
WBR - 2134 - - - WBR - 2134 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2134  U. S. Weather Bureau Climatological Records, for the State of Washington  1819-1892  National Archives Microfilm Copy T907, Roll No. 532, 1819-1892 -Fort Simcoe, Yakima County-handwritten weather forms 
Transcription:
Signal Service, Voluntary Observer's Meteorlogical Record, Monthly Summary-Remarks, Fort Simcoe, Yakima County, Washington, (Washington State Reel No. 265), February 1892. "Nothing special to notice except the earthquake on the morning of the 29th. It lasted about 30 seconds each shock. The middle shock was much the hardest . Windows and glassware were badly shaken and the plastering on some of the buildings was shaken off. It made a number of people sick to their stomachs. Please send us more blanks at once. "

Miscellaneous phenomena: 3 shocks of earthquake at 2.00 - 2.55 and 3:15 AM of the 29th inst. The middle shock was the hardest . Glassware was shaken and one pane of glass broken.
 


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