Individual Event Report
| Event #265 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
Reports of this earthquake being felt in any place other than Olympia have not been confirmed.
Newspaper reports from the Oregonian and from the Tacoma Morning Union say: "Olympia, Jan 14--A severe shock of earthquake was experienced here at 3:20 this morning." The Washington Standard (Olympia) says: "A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at 3:30 Sunday morning ..."
Holden (1898) says "Olympia, Washington. Mr. Fred Plummer reports a disturbance at 3:25 a.m. A tremor lasting three seconds was followed after an interval of four seconds by a shock from south-southwest, and a slight tremor later. His seismograph at Tacoma barely showed the shock (I?, II?)". Holden also cites the S.F. Chronicle: "Vancouver, B.C. While the quaking continued, hanging pictures swayed slightly and crockery rattled on the shelves."
The British Colonist for Jan. 15-17 was not available on the microfilm reel, and Milne reports that: " Newspapers make no mention of the event." |
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FELT AREA |
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sity |
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Area |
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Area
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Felt
Area
Units |
| 1894 |
1 |
14 |
3 |
25 |
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L |
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Olympia |
WA |
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| HOLD2 - 1282 |
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N-Ore - 1574 |
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Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2057 |
Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society |
1910 |
Unpublished index to the Oregonian |
| Transcription: at Olympia, severe, Jan. 14, 1894 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 262 |
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: 1894 January 14; Olympia. Mr. Fred G. Plummer reports a disturbance at 3:25 a.m. A tremor lasting three seconds was followed after an interval of four seconds by a shock from south-southwest, and a slight tremor later. His seismograph at Tacoma barely showed the shock, I? II? |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 263 |
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: 1894 January 14; Vancouver, B.C.; while the quaking continued, hanging pictures swayed slightly and crockery rattled on the shelves (San Francisco Chronicle). |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 882 |
Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Olympia 3:25a January 14, 1894 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2528 |
Washington Standard |
1894 |
Jan. 19, 1894, p. 3, c. 2 |
| Transcription: A slight shock of an earthquake was felt at 3:30 Sunday morning. The motion seemed to be vertical and was of short duration. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1282 |
Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087 |
1898 |
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| Transcription: 1894. January 14; Olympia, Washington. Mr. Fred Plummer reports a disturbance at 3:25 a.m. A tremor lasting three seconds was followed after an interval of four seconds by a shock from south-southwest, and a slight tremor later. His seismograph at Tacoma barely showed the shock (I?, II?) |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1283 |
Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087 |
1898 |
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| Transcription: 1894. January 14; Vancouver, B.C. While the quaking continued, hanging pictures swayed slightly and crockery rattled on the shelves.__S. F. Chronicle. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1097 |
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 |
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| Transcription: 1894 January 14. 3:25 a.m. Olympia. Mr. Fred G. Plummer reports a disturbance at 3:25 a.m. A tremor lasting three seconds was followed after an interval of four seconds by a shock from south-southwest, and a slight tremor later. His seismograph at Tacoma barely showed the shock (I?, II?). |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1418 |
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 |
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| Transcription: 1894 JANUARY 14. Bradford reports that pictures swayed and dishes rattled on their shelves at Vancouver during an earthquake. Newspapers make no mention of the event. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 723 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Olympia 3:25 am 14 Jan, 1894 3 second duration -Holden's Cat. pg 226 First tremor was followed after an interval of 4 seconds by a shock from S-SW. Slightly felt in Vancouver, BC |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2529 |
Tacoma Morning Union |
1894 |
Jan. 15, 1894, p. 1, c. 4 |
Transcription: Flood and seismic shock
Earthquake at Olympia - Olympia January 14, A severe shock of earthquake was experienced here at 3:30 this morning. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1574 |
The Oregonian |
1894 |
Jan 15, 1894; p. 3, c. 2 |
Transcription: 1894, January 14. Olympia (severe) Earthquake at Olympia
Olympia, Jan 14--A severe shock of earthquake was experienced here at 3:20 this morning. |
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