United States Earthquakes, 1968

By Jerry L. Coffman and William K. Cloud, 1970, U.S. Department of Commerce, Environmental Science Services Division, Coast and Geodetic Survey, U.S. Government Printing Office, pp. 52-54.
	WASHINGTON AND OREGON
(120th MERIDIAN OR PACIFIC STANDARD TIME)

January 27: 00:28:25.2*. Epicenter 45.7 degrees
	north, 122.8 degrees west, Washington-Oregon
	border region, W. Intensity IV at Portland,
	Oreg.
March 6: 05:15:05*. Magnitude 2.0, S.
	Felt at Kirkland, Wash.
May 26: Observer at Adel, Oreg., re-
	ported series of shocks began on May 26
	(time not given) and were felt daily to
	June 11.
May 29: 16:35:59.8*. Epicenter 42.3 degrees
	north, 119.8 degrees west, southern Oregon, W.
	Magnitude 5.1. Felt at Adel and Lake-
	view (IV), Oreg., and Fort Bidwell and
	Willow Ranch (east side of Goose Lake,
	IV), Calif.
May 29: After 21:00. Intensity V at Adel,
	Oreg.
June 3: 05:27:39.7*. Epicenter 42.2 degrees
    	north, 119.8 degrees west, southern Oregon, W.
	Magnitude 5.0. Intensity V at Lakeview
	and Plush, Oreg., and Fort Bidwell, Calif.
	Also felt at Adel, Oreg.
June 3: 18:34:15.7*. Epicenter 42.3 degrees
	north, 119.9 degrees west, southern Oregon, W.
	Magnitude 4.7. VI. Felt over approximately
	7,000 square miles of southern Oregon and
	northeastern California. At Adel, Oreg.,
	old chimneys fell or were cracked, and part
	of an old rock cellar fell and rest of build-
	ing cracked. Ground fissured 2.5 miles
	northwest of Fort Bidwell, Calif., along
	Bidwell Creek; a house sustained some
	foundation cracking and shifting.
  INTENSITY VI IN OREGON:
    Adel.-"This was the worst shock to date.
	Lasted about 30 seconds." Chimneys (all
	old) fell or were cracked. Stock fell off
	shelves in store. Part of old rock cellar wall
	came down, and rest of building cracked.
	Dishes, glassware, etc., came out of cup-
	board shelves. Lamps overturned. After-
	shock about 10 minutes later with east-west
	motion.
  INTENSITY VI IN CALIFORNIA:
     Fort Bidwell (2.5 miles northwest of, in
	Bidwell Creek Canyon).-"Most severe of
	all the shocks." Fissure opened about 50
	feet east of one house and extended at
	least 550 feet in a northerly direction to
	edge of steep bank leading down to Bid-
	well Creek. This fissure was roughly par-
	alleled in places by a smaller one, ranging
	from several to 8 or 9 feet, east of the main
	fissure. The main fissure had a number of
	vertical drops up to about 18 inches, and
	the maximum gap width was about 10
	inches. The initial maximum depth was
	about 6 feet and occurred in several places.
	House sustained foundation cracking and
	shifting, with resultant slight disturbance
	to door frames and walls.
   INTENSITY V IN OREGON:
     Paisley.
   INTENSITY IV IN OREGON:
     Valley Falls (23 miles north of Lake-
	view) .
   INTENSITY IV IN CALIFORNIA:
     Davis Creek, Lake City, and Willow
	Ranch (east side of Goose Lake).
   INTENSITY I-III IN CALIFORNIA:
     Eagleville.
June 3: 18:38:29:0*. Epicenter 42.3 degrees
	north, 119.8 degrees west, southern Oregon, W.
	Magnitude 4.0. Slight damage reported at
	Adel.
June 3: 22:22:19.0*. Epicenter 42.2 degrees
	north, 119.8 degrees west, southern Oregon, . W.
	Magnitude 4.3. Felt at Adel, and at Fort
	Bidwell, Calif.
June 4: 02:58:22.8*, 20:51:56.8*. Epicen-
	ter 42.3 degrees north, 119.9 degrees west, southern
	Oregon, W. Magnitudes 4.2 and 4.7, re-
	spectively. Felt at Fort Bidwell, Calif.
June 11: 17:20:56*, 17:46:22.4*. Epicen-
	ter (1) 42.1 degrees north, 120.0 degrees west;
	(2) 42.1 degrees north, 119.9 degrees west, southern
	Oregon, W. Magnitudes 3.4 and 4.3, respectively.
	Felt at Fort Bidwell, Calif.
June 11: Between 21:00 and 22:00. Very
	light shock felt at Fort Bidwell, Calif.
June 18: 21:51:43.0*. Epicenter 47.2 degrees
	north, 122.5 degrees west, Washington, W.
	Magnitude 4.0, S. Intensity IV at Auburn, Dash
	Point, Des Moines, Dockton, Indianola,
	Issaquah, Milton, Preston, Puyallup, Ren-
	ton, Seattle, 'Tacoma, and Vashon; inten-
	sity I-Ill at North Bend, Port Orchard,
	and Wauna.
June 25: 16:43. Press reported shock in
	Lake County, Oreg., at this time.
June 26: 02:48. Press reported shock in
	Lake County, Oreg., at this time.
September 6: 04:16:32.7*. Epicenter
	47.8 degrees north, 122.8 degrees west, about
	7 miles southeast of Dabob, Wash., S. Magnitude
	4.3. over Felt about 4,000 square miles, but
	no damage was reported. Intensity V at
	Baring, Edmonds, La Conner, Langley,
	Preston, Seabeck, and Tracyton; intensity
	IV at Anacortes, Blanchard, Bow, Brinnon,
	Carlsborg, Clallam Bay, Clinton, Con-
	crete, Conway, Coupeville, Greenbank,
	Hadlock, Hansville, Index, Indianola,
	Lyman, Marblemount, Medina, Monroe,
	Mukilteo, Nordland, Oak Harbor, Olym-
	pia, Port Gamble, Poulsbo, Renton, Roll-
	ing Bay, Silvana, Stanwood, and Sultan;
	intensity I-III at Bremerton, Darrington,
	Edison, Kingston, Marysville, Orcas, Seattle,
	Startup, and WoodinviIIe.
September 25: 12:09:34.2*. Epicenter
	47.8 degrees north, 122.7 degrees west, Washington,
	S. Magnitude 2-2 1/2. Aftershock of September
	6 earthquake located in same region. In-
	tensity IV at Brinnon and Port Orchard;
	intensity I-III at Hobart and Port Gamble.
November 30: 06:40:08.8*. Epicenter
	46.5 degrees north, 122.4 degrees west, Washington,
	W. Magnitude 4.3. Felt over approximately
	1,000 square miles of Lewis County. Inten-
	sity V at Ajlune, Cinebar, Glenoma, Min-
	eral, Morton, and Mossyrock; intensity IV
	at Silver Creek and Toledo; intensity I-III
	at Davidson Lake (in area of former com-
	munity of Riffe).


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