Individual Event Report
| Event #302 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| The Washington Standard (a weekly) reported: "'Who felt the earthquake' is a question asked by more people than are able to answer it.", while the Spokane Spokesman Review states: "The vibrations were of sufficient force to awaken sound sleepers." Catalog entries say "light shock" or "felt". The Woodward-Clyde catalog assignment of MM intensity IV may be too high. |
| 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 |
| 1897 |
9 |
27 |
1 |
30 |
A |
|
47.04 |
122.89 |
|
|
|
Olympia |
WA |
|
|
|
|
|
| N-WA - 2099 |
WWC - 1724 |
- |
- |
TAWA - 1107 |
- |
Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 282 |
Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153 |
1935 |
|
| Transcription: 1897 September 27, 1:30 a.m.; Olympia; light shock. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2545 |
Washington Standard |
1897 |
Oct, 1, 1897, p.3 , c 1 |
| Transcription: Who felt the earthquake" is a question asked by more people than are able to answer it. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1724 |
Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished |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Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 189709270930000 47045-122890W IV WG R 4 01 |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 729 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
|
|
| Transcription: Olympia 1:30 am 27 Sept, 1897 Light shock -McAdies Cat. p 9 |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2099 |
Spokesman Review |
1897 |
Sept. 28, 1897, p. 2, c. 5 |
Transcription: Earthquake at Olympia
Olympia, Wash., Sept. 27 -- A slight shock of earthquake was felt here this morning at 1:30 o'clock. The vibrations were of sufficient force to awaken sound sleepers. There was no damage reported. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 891 |
Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
|
|
| Transcription: Olympia 1:30a September 27, 1897 Light shock. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1927 |
McAdie, Alexander C., 1907, Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast: 1897 to 1906, Smithsonian Misc. Collections, Part of Vol. XLIX (No. 1721), Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 64 p. |
1907 |
|
| Transcription: 1897. September 27; Olympia, Washington. Light shock at 1:30 a. m. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1107 |
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: 1897 September 27. 1:30 a.m. Olympia. Light shock. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 87 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
|
| Transcription: 87 1897 Sept. 27 09:30 Olympia 4 felt |
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