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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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Event #210 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Felt from Olympia to Walla Walla. Additional accounts from Yakima should be sought. From the handwritten and microfilmed U. S. Weather Bureau Climatological Records for the State of Washington: Kennewick, Yakima County - "At 3:40 a. m. April 29 felt a shock of earthquake vibrations from west to east accompanied by a rumbling sound. Lasted some 10 to 15 seconds. Chairs were rocked and pictures swung from the walls. A slight tremor all the while, clock stopped." The Spokane Falls Morning Review also states that the earthquake was felt distinctly at Davenport and Walla-Walla. This earthquake was also felt in Olympia, according to the Washington Standard: "A slight shock of an earthquake was felt about four o'clock this morning."
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
1887  4  29  3  40  A    46.07  118.32        Kennewick  WA           
WBR - 2135 WWC - 1682 - - WBR - 2135 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2103  The Morning Review  1887  Sunday, May 9, 1887, p. 3., c. 2 
Transcription: The earthquake shock was distintly felt at Walla Walla.
The earthquake Friday morning was distinctly felt at Davenport.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1073  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: 1887 April 29. Walla Walla Valley.-AS.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
60  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 60 1887 Apr. 29 - Walla Walla Valley 4 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1682  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 18870429 46070-118328W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
711  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Walla Walla Valley 29 Apr, 1887 -Holden's Cat. pg 115
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1249  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1887. April 29; Shocks in Walla Walla valley, W.T.__A.S.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2135  U. S. Weather Bureau Climatological Records, for the State of Washington  1819-1892  National Archives Microfilm Copy T907, Roll No. 533, 1819-1892 - Kennewick, Yakima County-handwritten weather forms 
Transcription: Casual Phenomena", Remarks, Kennewick, Yakima County, Washington, 353 feet above sea level, Roll 533 (Washington State Reel No. 266), April, 1887. "At 3:40 a. m. April 29 felt a shock of earthquake vibrations from west to east accompanied by a rumbling sound. Lasted some 10 to 15 seconds. Chairs were rocked and pictures swung from the walls. A slight tremor all the while, clock stopped."
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
864  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Walla Walla valley April 29, 1887
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2574  Washington Standard  1887  April 29, 1887. p. 3, c. 1. Friday Weekly. In "Mere Mention" column; known from U.W. Library, Pacific Northwest Collection card catalog. 
Transcription: A slight shock of an earthquake was felt about four o'clock this morning.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2424  Washington Public Power Supply System, "WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 2, Final Safety Analysis Report, Volume 1, Amendment 18"
September 1981 		 1981  Table 2.5-6 
Transcription: 1887 Apr 29 Walla Walla Valley, Wash. TA
 


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