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Cascadia Historic Earthquake Catalog, 1793-1929
Covering Washington, Oregon and Southern British Columbia

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Event #345 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Information on this earthquake comes from McAdie's catalog: "1902. December 18; Fox Valley, Linn County, Oregon. 7 a. m., two distinct shocks.___C. D. Wilson. " No newspapers have been searched.
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
1902  12  18    44.64  119.14        Fox Valley  OR  III  MM       
McA - 1932 WWC - 1744 - - BB - 1325 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
515  Townley, S.D. and M.W. Allen, 1939, Descriptive Catalog of earthquakes of the Pacific Coast of the United States 1769 to 1928, Chapter II, Earthquakes in Oregon--1846-1928, BSSA, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 253-258.  1939   
Transcription: 1902 December 18. 7 a.m. Fox Valley, Linn Co. Two distinct shocks.-C.D. Wilson.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1744  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 190212181500000 44648-119143W III BB 3 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1325  Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108  1963   
Transcription: 1902 Dec 18 15:00:-- Dec 18 7:00 am (PST) Fox Valley III 10 Two distinct shocks.(10)
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1932  McAdie, Alexander C., 1907, Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast: 1897 to 1906, Smithsonian Misc. Collections, Part of Vol. XLIX (No. 1721), Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 64 p.  1907   
Transcription: 1902. December 18; Fox Valley, Linn County, Oregon. 7 a. m., two distinct shocks.___C. D. Wilson.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
371  Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38  1952  U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) 
Transcription: 1902, December 18 Fox Valley, Linn County.
 


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