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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 #562 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
See comment for earlier event.
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
1921  9  14  5  1  A  P            Dixie  WA           
TAWA - 1167 - - - TAWA - 1167 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1167  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: 1921 September 14. About 3 a.m., 5 a.m., 5:01 a.m., and following fifteen minutes. V or VI. Dixie, Walla Walla Co. Local; felt only feebly ten or fifteen miles away. Sharp jars as of vertical blow from beneath.-BSSA, 11, 195.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
159  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 159 1921 Sept. 14 See Remarks Dixie-Walla Walla V-VI 4 four shocks felt; 11: , 13:, 13:05, 13:20
 


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