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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 #491 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
The underlying information here is a report from the weather observer in Cedar Falls. No newspapers have been checked.
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
1916  3  2  23  15    G  47.40  120.82        Cedar Falls  WA  II  RF       
MWR - 2241 MWR - 2241 - - MWR - 2241 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
314  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1916 March 2, 3:15 p.m.; II; Cedar Falls.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1147  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: 1916 March 2. 3:15 p.m. II. Cedar Falls, King Co.-MWR, 44, 156.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
136  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 136 1916 Mar. 2 23:15 Cedar Falls II 4
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2241  Monthly Weather Review  1916  V. 44, p. 156 
Transcription: Date:March 2, 1916
Time (Greenwich Civil): 23:15
Location: Cedar Falls, Wash.
Latitude (deg., min.): 47 24
Longitude (deg.,min.): 120 49
RF Intensity: 2
Number of Shocks: 1
Duration (sec.): 2
Sounds:
Remarks:
Observer: D.A. Brown
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1808  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 191603 22315000 47400-121800W II R 2 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
770  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Cedar Falls 47 degrees 24' N; 120 degrees 49' W PST 3:15 pm 2 Mar, 1916 GMT 23h 15m II 1 shock duration 2 seconds -MWR 156
 


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