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

Provided by: The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
About the Cascadia Historic Earthquake Catalog       One-line catalog format

1793-1849 .... 1850s .... 1860s .... 1870s .... 1880s .... 1890s .... 1900s .... 1910s .... 1920s .... 1930s (not complete) .... Other Cascadia Catalogs

  
Individual Event Report
Event #372 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
This shock was in Idaho, but was felt at Baker City, Oregon.
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
1905  11  12  26    42.90  114.50            VII  MM       
N-Ore - 1964 WWC - 1754 - - WWC - 1754 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
372  Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38  1952  U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) 
Transcription: 1905, November 11 Baker. Epicenter in Idaho.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1964  Oregonian  1905  Nov 12 1905; pg 7, col 3 
Transcription: Earthquake at Salt Lake
Salt Lake, Nov 11--A slight earthquake shock occurred here at 3:26 this afternoon. No damage is reported.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1963  Oregonian  1905  November 12, 1905; pg 7, col 3 
Transcription: 1905, November 11, 3:35 PM. Boise, Ogden, Salt Lake.

West has an Earthquake
Distinct Shocks Felt in Mountain Region Tremor Rattles Dishes, Cracks Plaster and Drives Men From Office Building in Ogden, Utah
Boise, Idaho, Nov 11--A slight earthquake tremor was felt here at 3:35 this afternoon, causing dishes and windows to rattle. Glenn S. Ferry reports such a tremor there at 3:45. It was felt in Idaho City at 3:40 and at Baker City, OR, at 3:40
Hailey reports the earthquake shock rattled bottles on shelves and was felt distinctly.
The greatest disturbance was at Shoshone, where several brick and stone buildings were somewhat damaged. The walls of the Courthouse and schoolhouse being cracked and plaster was shaken from the ceiling of practically all buildings, and dishes were thrown off shelves. There were two shocks at that place, occurring [in] rapid succession at 3:45.

Shock is Felt at Ogden
Ogden, Utah, Nov 11--A distinct earthquake shock was felt here at 3:30 this afternoon. No damage was done. Many tenants on the upper floors of an office building made a hasty exit, fearing its collapse.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
610  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Baker City MST 3:43 pm 11(?) Nov, 1905 III (!) -SBI pg 107 This shock appears (Print too small to read) -felt all over the N. part of Utah -Eastern part of Oregon -Central in Idaho
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1754  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: 190511112126000 42900-114500 VII NO 7 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2073  Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society  1910  Unpublished index to the Oregonian 
Transcription: at Boise, Ogden, Salt Lake, Nov. 11, 1905, 3:35 p.m.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
516  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: [1905 November 11. 2:29 p.m. Baker. A shock which was quite severe in Idaho was felt from Baker to Salt Lake City, Utah. For a fuller account see the earthquakes in Idaho.- Reid's Scrapbook, 1, 107.]
 


UW Logo ESS Logo