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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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Event #531 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Mentioned in the BSSA. The Monthly Weather Review says: "What seemingly was an earth disturbance gave buildings in Seattle a slight shaking up to-night. The disturbance was felt as far as 45 miles from here." It cites Associated Press as the source. 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
1919  10  33  47.59  122.33        Seattle  WA           
TAWA - 1163 WWC - 1834 - - TAWA - 1163 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
784  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Seattle 10:33 pm ("tonight") 5 Jun, 1919 GMT early III -MWR 445; Georgt disp Perhaps not an earthquake although said and be felt 45 mi from Seattle it was not recorded at Victoria.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1834  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 191906 60630000 47597-122330W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
324  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1919 June 5, 10:33 p.m.; Seattle; felt also in the surrounding region.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2456  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: 1919 Jun 5 Seattle, Wash. TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2258  Monthly Weather Review  1919  V. 47, p 445 
Transcription: Seattle, Wash., June 5, 1919.

What seemingly was an earth disturbance gave buildings in Seattle a slight shaking up to-night. The disturbance was felt as far as 45 miles from here. (Associated Press)
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2180  Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America  1919  V. 9, p. 86 
Transcription: Seattle, Wash., June 5, 1919. - A shock thought to be an earthquake was felt at 10:33 p.m. all over Seattle and the surrounding region. No damage was reported.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1163  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: 1919 June 5. 10:33 p.m. Seattle and surrounding region. Felt forty-five miles from Seattle.- BSSA, 9, 86; MWR, 47, 445.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
151  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 151 1919 June 6 06:30 Seattle 4 felt
 


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