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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 #488 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
All catalog entries refer back to the MWR. 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
1916  18  40    44.63  124.13        Newport  OR  IV  RF       
MWR - 2235 MWR - 2235 - - MWR - 2235 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1806  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 191601 41840000 44641-124050W IV BB 4 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1353  Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108  1963   
Transcription: 1916 Jan 4 18:40:-- Jan 4 10:40 am (PST) Newport IV* 10 Two shocks. (10)
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2235  Monthly Weather Review  1916  V. 44, p. 39 
Transcription: Date: January 4, 1916
Time (Greenwich Civil): 18:40
Location: Newport, Oregon
Latitude (deg., min.): 44 38
Longitude (deg.,min.): 124 08
RF Intensity: 3-4
Number of Shocks: 2
Duration (sec.):
Sounds:
Remarks: Dishes rattled
Observer: Wm. Matthews
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
534  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: 1916 January 4. 10:40 a.m. IV. Newport, Lincoln Co. Two shocks; rattled dishes.-MWR, 44,39.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
624  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Newport 44 degrees 38' N; 124 degrees 08' W PST 10:40 am 4 Jan, 1916 GMT 18h 40m IV, two shocks -MWR 39; SB IV, 82a Dishes rattled. Reported in Bull SSA as Jan 5th, but it is findable that Jan 4 is correct.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
389  Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38  1952  U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) 
Transcription: 1916, January 4 Newport, Lincoln County. Rattled dishes.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
584  Smith, W. D., 1919, Earthquakes in Oregon, BSSA, V. 9, n. 3, pp. 58-71  1919   
Transcription: 1916. January 5; Newport. A sharp earthquake was felt but no damage was done (Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 6, 49).
 


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