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Event #187 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
From the Monthly Weather Review: "January, 1884, Portland, Oregon.- A light shock of earthquake occurred at 8:40 p.m. of the 3d. Its duration was about two seconds..." All other catalog entries stem from this information.
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
1884  1  3  8  40  P    45.53  122.62        Portland  OR  IV  RF       
MWR - 2203 WWC - 1673 - - HOLD2 - 1245 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
230  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1884 January 3, 20h 40m; IV; a light shock, Portland, Oregon. U.S.W.R.; one shock, P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2203  Monthly Weather Review  1884  January, V. 12, p. 26 
Transcription: January, 1884, Portland, Oregon.- A light shock of earthquake occurred at 8:40 p.m. of the 3d. Its duration was about two seconds; vibration from southeast to northwest.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1245  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1884. January 3; 20h. 40m.; IV. A light shock, Portland, Oregon.___U.S.W.R. One shock.__P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
498  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: 1884 January 3. 20h 40m [8:40 p.m.] IV. Portland. A light shock.-MWR [Jan. 1884, p. 26.] One shock.-P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
810  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Portland 9:40p January 3, 1884 II SE-NE; Duration 2 seconds. E
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
51  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 51 1884 Jan. 4 04:40 Portland, Ore. IV 3
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1210  The American Journal of Science  1885  Third Series, Vol. XXIX, Nos. 169-174, January to June 1885, pp. 426, 434 
Transcription: Rockwood, C. G. "American Earthquakes", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, VOL. XXIX, Nos. 169-174, Third Series, January to June 1885, pp. 426, 434.

January 3, 1884 - At 20h 40m a light shock occurred at Portland, Oregon; duration about two seconds; vibration southeast to northwest (U. S. Weather Review).

September 21 - Between 22h and 23h light shocks were felt at new Tacoma, Washington Territory (U. S. Weather Review).
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1673  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: 188401 40440000 45535-122620W IV R 4 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
597  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Portland 20h 40m 3 Jan, 1884 II, direction SE-NW, duration 2 seconds -Am. Jr. Sc. III-XIX-426
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
468  Holden, Edward S., 1887, List of Recorded Earthquakes in California, Lower California, Oregon, and Washington Territory  1887  Printed by Direction of the Regents of the University of California, Sacremento, California, 
Transcription: 1884. January 3; 20h. 40m. A light shock, Portland, Oregon.--U.S.W.R.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1303  Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108  1963   
Transcription: 1884 Jan 4 04:40:-- Jan 3 8:40 pm (PST) Portland IV* 10
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
355  Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38  1952  U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) 
Transcription: 1884, January 3 IV Portland. A light shock.
 


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