Individual Event Report
| Event #503 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| Explosion The Oregonian reports one hundred pounds of blasting powder set off in Portland. |
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Area |
Felt
Area
Int. |
Felt
Area
Units |
| 1917 |
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| N-Ore - 1995 |
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N-Ore - 1995 |
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Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1995 |
Oregonian |
1917 |
UC Berkeley Seismograph Station Clippings Collection |
| Transcription: Powder cause of "Earthquake" - One hundred pounds of blasting powder, set off on the right of way of the O. - W. R. & N. for the regrade work now under way there, caused the earth to tremble in the vicinity of East Thirty-fifth and Tillamook streets Wednesday. Some believed it to have been an earthquake shock, but the facts were learned from Commissioner of Public Works Barbur's office yesterday. |
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