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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 #450 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Little information on this shock is available. Most catalogs cite Townley and Allen, who cite Reid's scrapbook. Reid's notes read: "Roseburg, Douglas Co. 43 degrees 15' N; 123 degrees 20'W PST 6:30 pm 15 March, 1913 GMT 2h 30m 16 March, 1913 III-IV, duration 1 second -SB III, pg 174 Slight shock, not reported elsewhere." No newspapers have been researched for this earthquake.
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
1913  15    43.25  123.50        Roseburg  OR  IV  MM       
TA-OR - 525 REID1 - 618 - - BB - 1344 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
381  Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38  1952  U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) 
Transcription: 1913, March 15 Roseburg, Douglas County. Dishes, etc. rattled for three seconds.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
525  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: 1913 March 15. Just before 7 p.m. Roseburg, Douglas Co. Dishes, etc., rattled for three seconds.-Reid's Scrapbook, 3, 174.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
618  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Roseburg, Douglas Co. 43 degrees 15' N; 123 degrees 20'W PST 6:30 pm 15 March, 1913 GMT 2h 30m 16 March, 1913 III-IV, duration 1 second -SB III, pg 174 Slight shock, not reported elsewhere
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
618  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Roseburg, Douglas Co. 43 degrees 15' N; 123 degrees 20'W PST 6:30 pm 15 March, 1913 GMT 2h 30m 16 March, 1913 III-IV, duration 1 second -SB III, pg 174 Slight shock, not reported elsewhere
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1344  Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108  1963   
Transcription: 1913 Mar 16 02:--:-- Mar 15 Just before 7 pm (PST) Roseburg IV 10
 


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