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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 #442 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Seattle and Olympia; two slight shocks reported. Reid's notes are the underlying source here, and list the Seattle PI of 6/8. Newspapers have not yet been checked.
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
1912      47.32  122.61        S. Puget Sound  WA           
TAWA - 1129 WWC - 1777 - - WPPSS - 2450 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2450  Washington Public Power Supply System, "WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 2, Final Safety Analysis Report, Volume 1, Amendment 18"
September 1981 
1981  Table 2.5-6 
Transcription: 1912 Jun 6 Southern Puget Sound, Wash. TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1777  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 191206 6 47321-122610W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
753  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Olympia afternoon 6 June, 1912 Slight -Seattle PI of June 8, 1912 Two slight shocks reported.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
115  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 115 1912 June 6 p.m., PST Seattle-Olympia 4 slight shook
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
753  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Olympia afternoon 6 June, 1912 Slight -Seattle PI of June 8, 1912 Two slight shocks reported.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
295  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1912 June 6, afternoon; Seattle; local; several light shocks.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1129  Townley, S. D. and M. W. Allen, 1939, Descriptive Catalog of Earthquakes of the Pacific Coast of the United States 1769-1928, Chap. III Earthquakes in Washington, 1883-1928, BSSA, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 259-268  1939   
Transcription: 1912 June 6. Afternoon. Seattle and Olympia. Slight shocks.-Reid's Card Catalog.
 


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