Individual Event Report
| Event #182 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| Felt in both Kamloops and Victoria, British Columbia (about 400 km apart). No damage was reported. |
| 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 |
| 1883 |
5 |
11 |
6 |
55 |
P |
L |
|
|
|
|
|
Victoria |
B.C. |
III |
RF |
|
|
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| N-Ore - 1555 |
- |
- |
- |
HOLD2 - 1243 |
- |
Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1555 |
The Oregonian |
1883 |
May 12, 1883; pg 1, c. 3 |
Transcription: 1883, May 12. Victoria.
Earthquake, Victoria, May 11--At five minutes to 7 o'clock last evening a severe shock of earthquake was felt in this city. There was no damage beyond shaking houses and alarming people. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2392 |
Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. |
1977 |
Tables 2R-E16 and 2R-E14B. Inland Sentinel, The, Kamloops, B.C., May 24, 1883 |
Transcription: May 10, 1883 INLAND SENTINEL, THE 05/24/1883
Inland Sentinel, The, Kamloops, B.C., May 24, 1883
"Earthquake--At five minutes to seven last evening two sharp shocks
of an earthquake visited this vicinity. The movement was from southeast
to northwest, the duration of both was about six seconds. Buildings
were shaken violently, windows, gas fixtures and crockery rattled, and
many people were scared but no one was hurt." |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2204 |
Monthly Weather Review |
1883 |
May, V. 11, p. 122 |
| Transcription: May, 1883, Victoria, British Columbia. - A severe shock of earthquake was felt at this place during the night of the 10th. The movement was from north to south |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 651 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Victoria during night 10-11 May, 1883 direction N-S -Am Jr Sc III, XXVII, 361 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1413 |
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: 1883 MAY 10. 6:55 p.m. A slight earthquake was felt at Victoria. Br. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 227 |
Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153 |
1935 |
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| Transcription: 1883 May 10, night; III; Victoria, B.C. C.G.R. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2039 |
Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society |
1910 |
Unpublished index to the Oregonian |
| Transcription: at Victoria, May 12, 1883 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1243 |
Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087 |
1898 |
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| Transcription: 1883. May 10; night. Victoria, B.C. (III).__C.G.R. |
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