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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 #571 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Well represented in catalogs. Milne cites the Colonis,Berg and Baker cite the Oregonian, Townley and Allen cite the S.F. Chronicle. Newspaper accounts for the data base have not yet 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
1922  5  15  9  30  A  P  45.55  122.60        Portland  OR  IV  RF       
TA-OR - 546 WWC - 1857 - - TA-OR - 546 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
546  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: 1922 May 15. 9:30 a.m. III to IV. Portland.-SDGU, S.F. Chronicle, May 16, 1922.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1470  Milne, W.G., 1956, Seismic Activity in Canada, west of the 113th meridian 1841-1951: Canada Dominion Obs. Pub., V. 18, No. 7, pp. 119-146  1957   
Transcription: 1922 MAY 15. 9:30 a.m. Felt in Vancouver. Col.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
164  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 164 1922 May 15 17:30 Portland, Ore.- Vancouver 4 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
401  Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38  1952  U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) 
Transcription: 1922, May 15 III to IV Portland.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1365  Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108  1963   
Transcription: 1922 May 15 17:30:-- May 15 9:30 am (PST) Portland IV 10;O/May 16, 1922, 9:1
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1170  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: 1922 May 15. 9:30 a.m. Vancouver. Felt also in Portland.-S. F. Chronicle, May 16, 1922.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1857  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: 192205151730000 45550-122600W IV BB 4 01
 


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