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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 #471 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
The underlying source is a single report from the Forest Service at Longmire. No newspapers have been researched.
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
1915  25  55  46.75  121.81        Longmire  WA  IV  RF       
TAWA - 1136 WWC - 1792 - - TAWA - 1136 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
301  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1915 January 25; IV; Longmire Springs, Mount Rainier.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2211  Monthly Weather Review  1915  V. 43, p. 40 
Transcription: January 26, 1915 0:55 Greenwich Civil Time - Longmire, Washington: RF intensity IV
46 degrees 48 minutes
121 degrees 56 minutes
1 shock, 1/2 second duration

Reported by Forest Service
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1792  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 191501260055000 46750-121810W IV R 4 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
758  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Longmire, Pierce Co. 46 degrees 45' N; 121 degrees 47 1/2' W PST 4:55 pm 25 Jan, 1915 GMT 0h 55m 26 Jan, 1915 IV 1 shock 1/2 seconds duration -MWR Jan 20
 


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