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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 #197 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
This earthquake is not listed in previous catalogs, the source is an account from the Washington Standard newspaper. A search of the Tacoma Daily Ledger and the Oregonian found no further 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
1885  5  7  2  15  A  L            Olympia  WA           
N-WaS - 2152 - - - N-WaS - 2152 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2152  Washington Standard  1885  Friday, May 8, 1885. Published weekly on Fridays. 
Transcription: Another slight earthquake shock occurred in this city at 2:15 o'clock Thursday morning.
 


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