Cascadia Catalog 1793-1930

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Event #121 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs
Little information is available. Catalogs cite Plummer, and the WPPSS transcription of The Tacoma Ledger of 2/28/1893 says: "In the year 1874, persons living on the prairies south of Tacoma distinctly felt several slight shocks."
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
1874												Tacoma	WA	II	RF
HOLD2 - 1235							-		-	-		HOLD2 - 1235				-

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
214	Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153	1935
Transcription: 1874? Tacoma; II. P.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
686	Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park
Transcription: Tacoma 1874 (?) II -Holden's Cat. pg 97

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1235	Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087	1898
Transcription: 1874? Tacoma (II).__P.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1051	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: 1874 ? (II). Tacoma.-P.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
2474	Coombs, H.A., W.G. Milne, O.W. Nuttli, and D.B. Slemmons, "Report of the Review Panel on the December 14, 1872 earthquake",	1976	Appendix D: Selected Supporting Information -- Professor Plummer's Paper on "Recent Volcanic Activity" Read before the Academy of Science - Tacoma Ledger - February 28, 1893
Transcription: (This is part of an 8 page article - see the WPPSS table for entire text RSL 7/1995) In the year 1874, persons living on the prairies south of Tacoma distinctly felt several slight shocks.