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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 #253 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
The sole original source for this event is the Index to the Oregonian, cited by Berg and Baker and others.
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  11            45.35  122.59        Oregon City  OR           
I-ORE - 2062 WWC - 1707 - - I-ORE - 2062 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1707  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 189211 45357-122598W BB 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2062  Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society  1910  Unpublished index to the Oregonian 
Transcription: in Willamette Valley, Portland, Apr. 2, 1896, broke window at McMinneville, rang bells at Dayton, Oregon City, Nov. 1892; Salem, Vancouver, Forest Grove, 1896
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1309  Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108  1963   
Transcription: 1892 - - Nov - Oregon City - 7
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2432  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: 1892 Nov Oregon City, Ore. B & B
 


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