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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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Event #261 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
This earthquake is known from Holden's catalog, he cites Plummer - no newspaper accounts have been found. Original account says "... Mr. Fred Plummer reports: "Earthquake at 5:07 a.m., N. 40 degrees W.__11 miles from summit of Mount St. Helens. One sharp shock vertical. Intensity IV. Distinct rumbling preceding for four seconds, near at hand toward the mountain." At Green River mines, Washington, IV, lateral, rumblings.__P. "
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.
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sity
Int.
Type
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Felt
Area
Int.
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Units
1893  14  46.29  122.36        11 miles from summit of Mount St Helens  WA  IV  RF       
HOLD2 - 1280 WWC - 1712 - - HOLD2 - 1280 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
881  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Toutle River 5:07a August 14, 1893 IV
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1712  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 189308141307000 46292-122367W IV R 4 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1280  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1893. August 14; Toutle River, Washington. Mr. Fred Plummer reports: "Earthquake at 5:07 a.m., N. 40 degrees W.__11 miles from summit of Mount St. Helens. One sharp shock vertical. Intensity IV. Distinct rumbling preceding for four seconds, near at hand toward the mountain." At Green River mines, Washington, IV, lateral, rumblings.__P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
79  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 79 1893 Aug. 14 13:07 See Remarks IV 4 11 miles N.W. of Mt. St. Helens
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1096  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: 1893 August 14. 5:07 a.m. IV. Toutle River [Cowlitz Co.]. Mr. Fred G. Plummer reports: "Earthquake at 5:07 a.m., N. 40 degrees W., eleven miles from summit of Mount St. Helens. One sharp shock vertical. Intensity IV. Distinct rumbling preceding for four seconds, near at hand toward the mountain." At Green River Mines, IV, lateral, rumblings.-P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
261  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1893 August 14; Toutle River. Mr. Fred G. Plummer reports : "Earthquake at 5:O7 a.m., N 40 degrees W, eleven miles from summit of Mount St. Helens. One sharp shock vertical. Intensity IV. Distinct rumbling preceding for four seconds, near at hand toward the mountain." At Green River Mines, IV, lateral, rumblings. P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
722  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Toutle River 40 degrees N; 11 miles from Western summit of St. Helens 5:07 am 14 Aug, 1893 IV duration 4 seconds -Holden's Cat. pg 223 At Green River mines (IV)
 


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