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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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1793-1849 .... 1850s .... 1860s .... 1870s .... 1880s .... 1890s .... 1900s .... 1910s .... 1920s .... 1930s (not complete) .... Other Cascadia Catalogs

  
Individual Event Report
Event #219 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Holden (1898) cites Plummer (1896) as the underlying source for this event. All other catalogs refer back to Holden/Plummer.
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
1890  3  15  20        47.21  120.99        Roslyn  WA  III  RF       
HOLD2 - 1256 WWC - 1689 - - HOLD2 - 1256 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1256  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1890. March 15; 20h. Roslyn, Washington,III.__P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
67  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 67 1890? Mar. 16 04:00 Roslyn III 4
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
869  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Roslyn 8:00p March 15, 1890
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
715  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Roslyn 8 pm 15 March, 1890 -Holden's Cat. pg 148
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
246  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1890 March 15, 20h; III; Roslyn. P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1689  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 189003160400000 47218-120990W III R 3 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1081  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: 1890[?] March 15. 20h [8 p.m.] III. Roslyn [Kittitas Co.].-P.
 


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