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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 #397 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Known only from the Victoria DailyTimes and Vernon News articles transcribed in the WPPSS documents: " Nanaimo, B.C. -... An earthquake tremor lasting about two seconds was experienced here this morning..."
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
1907  13  20              Nanaimo  B.C.           
N-WPP - 2499 - - - N-WPP - 2499 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2499  Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. 
1977  Tables 2R-E18 and 2R-E14D. Victoria Daily Times, Victoria, B.C., October 3, 1906 
Transcription: October 3, 1906
Victoria Daily Times, Victoria, B.C., October 3, 1906
"EARTHQUAKE SHOCK AT THE COAL CITY

"(Special to the Times)

"Nanaimo, B.C. Oct. 3 - An earthquake tremor lasting about two
seconds was experienced here this morning at 12.38 1/2,."

Vernon News, The, Vernon, B.C., February 21, 1907

"EARTHQUAKE AT Nanaimo

"Nanaimo, February l3

"A slight earthquake shock was felt here this morning at 1:20."
 


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