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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 #518 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Catalogs cite the BSSA: "... Houses swayed, windows, doors and dished rattled, but no damage was done." 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
1918  2  28  3  45  P  P  46.50  120.50        Yakima  WA  V  MM       
TAWA - 1155 USEQS - 953 - - USEQS - 953 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1155  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: 1918 February 28. 3:45 p.m. IV? Yakima Valley. Houses swayed, windows and dishes rat- tled.-BSSA, 8, 39.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
144  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 144 1918 Feb. 28 23:15 46.5 N, 120.5 W V 1
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1826  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 191802282315000 46500-120500 V R 5 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
778  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Yakima PST 3:45 pm 28 Feb, 1918 GMT 23h 45m IV-V -BSSA, VIII, 39
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2385  Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. 		 1977  Table 2R E-9 
Transcription: 70 1918 Feb 28 Yakima, Wash. v
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1012  U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96  1973   
Transcription: 1918. February 28. Yakima, Wash. Houses swayed. Felt throughout Yakima Valley.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2176  Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America  1918  V. 8, p. 39 
Transcription: Yakima, Washington, February 28, 1918. - An earthquake was felt throughout the Yakima Valley in Washington at 3:45 p. m., on February 28, 1918. Houses swayed, windows, doors and dished rattled, but no damage was done.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
953  U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96  1973   
Transcription: 1918 Feb. 28 15:45 Yakima, Wash 46.5 120.5 (2) V 3-8
 


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