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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 #282 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Other authors cite Holden (1898): " Victoria, B. C. A slight shock of earthquake, moving from east to west, was felt here a little before midnight. Buildings all through the city trembled and all telephone calls came down together with a clatter.__Newspaper report. " No newspapers have been researched.
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
1895  19                  Victoria  B.C.    RF       
HOLD2 - 1909 - - - HOLD2 - 1909 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1909  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1895. April 19; Victoria, B. C. A slight shock of earthquake, moving from east to west, was felt here a little before midnight. Buildings all through the city trembled and all telephone calls came down together with a clatter.__Newspaper report.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
270  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1895 April 19; Victoria, B.C.; a slight shock of earthquake, moving from east to west, was felt here a little before midnight; buildings all through the city trembled. Newspaper report.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
654  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Victoria midnight 19 April, 1895 direction E-W -Holden's Cat. pg 239
 


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