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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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Individual Event Report
Event #388 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Known only from a single newspaper account, in Swedish: "A small earthquake was felt last Monday night around 12 o'clock in Sedro-Wooly and Wickersham"
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
1906  18  11  59            Sedro-Wooley  WA           
N-WA - 2593 - - - N-WA - 2593 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2593  Nya Varlden  1906  June 22, 1906, p.1 c. 4. Friday Weekly; known from U.W. Library, Pacific Northwest Collection card catalog. 
Transcription: [original in Swedish, kindly translated by Dr. Terje Lieren, UW Chair of Scandinavian Languages and Literature. RSL]

A small earthquake was felt last Monday night around 12 o'clock in Sedro-Wooly and Wickersham. Those who claim to know say that it was caused by an avalanche up on Mt. Baker or Twin Sisters.
 


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