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Event #118 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs
The San Andreas Fault System, California, Chapter 6: 'Earthquake History, 1769-1989' by William L. Ellsworth, USGS Professional Paper 1515, 1990" assigns this earthquake an intensity-magnitude of 6.75, and says: "The severe earthquake of November 23, 1873, was felt from San Francisco to Portland, Oreg.; it inflicted the heaviest damage to Crescent City, Calif., and surrounding communities in the Klamath Mountains. The macroseismic epicenter near the California-Oregon State line and probably inland of the coastline is unique within both the historical and instrumental records." The Crescent City Courier reports: "Happy camp was visited last night at quarter to nine by a violent shock of an earthquake, which is something unusual, as the oldest resident does not recollect of anything of that kind happening before. The shock lasted about 25 seconds and the rumbling noise accompanying the shock .... The wooden buildings rocked to and fro very much, and the tin pails hung up in Messers. Camp & Co's brick store swung backwards and forwards at an angle of nearly 45 degrees with the reeling for upwards of ten minutes after the shock. Messer's Camp & Store is but one storey high and stoutly built or it would undoubtedly have fallen to the ground. M. Cuddihy, Esq.says he was in San Francisco at one of what they call one of their heaviest shocks and says it did not compare with his at happy Camp for violence. He says, and everybody believes if a building here had been four or even three stories high built of brick or stone it certainly could not have withstood the shock, and must have fallen. It is said that there are several small cracks in Mr. Camp's building, but we believe they are old cracks. We do not know of any other damage. The dogs howled and the horses got frightened in the fields, and ran at a fearful speed for a while, and the citizens looked pale and thunderstruck or rather earthquake struck. Some people here had never experienced an earthquake before, and will be perfectly satisfied if they never experienced another. I was in the upper story of M. Cuddahy's Hotel and the building appeared to move to and fro about a foot. ......(A letter) From Port Orford : 'The quiet of our town was somewhat disturbed last evening at 9 o'clock, by a terrible earthquake, the first ever felt in this section. A rotary shock ... which lasted fully a minute. No noise accompanied it, not one was hurt, no building thrown down but had we brick structures in our town, not a building would have been standing this morning. I experienced the heavy shake of 1868 in San Francisco, which was nothing to be compared with the one here last evening. Later as people came into town this morning, we hear that it was felt about the same in all quarters within the distance of 10 miles from here. A loud noise was heard off at sea west of Cape Blanco. It appeared like the rush and upheaving of the waters; in fact the water was seen to rise and fall, boiling and hissing. This took place, or was noticed immediately after the shock, and the people in that vicinity were making preparations for climbing a tree, or getting for higher ground. No tidal wave followed, and nothing unusual noticed on the beach. No signs of higher water. Light house and Tower still standing at this time unable to learn if any damage was done to either. --Yours truly, J.B. Tichenor -- N.B. Mr Deadmond who resides one mile north of here, directly on the seacoast says that he heard a noise off to the westward loud as a report of a hundred cannon, and that he noticed indications on the beach of very high water mosses and sand being thrown up to the highest water marks. Light House but little damaged, plastering and putty started in many places. Vibrations in tower at least six inches.' " A letter from Lt. Colonel Frank Wheaton at Fort Klamath reports: "severe shock of Earthquake was felt at this Post, the duration of the phenomena was for nearly two and a one half minutes, hats were shaken from pegs, dishes rattled and shook on their shelves, stovepipes were disjointed, open doors swung to and fro on their hinges, the apparent undulations were so marked and serious that people here were seized with giddiness from it very difficult to stand erect, my floor seemed to be moving like the deck of a ship at sea influenced by a ground swell. I can learn of no serious damage done or in this vicinity by the shock of Earthquake reported." The Oregonian reports: "A writer from Grants Pass.... says... "The first indication we had of it was the clattering of the windows, then followed by a few violent upheavals. We think it lasted from 15 to 20 seconds. We have heard of no serious damage being done beyond knocking down of some chimney tops, cracking some cellar walls and displacing some buildings." Another issue says: "Yreka, November 22. At 5 minutes past 9 o'clock this evening we were startled by a severe shock of earthquake lasting about 15 seconds. The vibrations were from south to north. We hear of its being felt at Grave Creek in Oregon, some 100 miles north of here. This is the hardest shock experienced here. People were frightened, and in a few moments the streets were thronged. Sacramento - A slight shock of earthquake was felt here at 8:57 this evening of sufficient violence to stop the clocks in the operating room of the Western Union telegraph office and The Union Hotel. Shasta, CA - A shock of earthquake was felt here about 9 o'clock last evening. It continued about 10 seconds and was also distinctly noticed at Whiskey town, five miles northwest of this place. ... Our Hillsboro correspondent informs us that the earthquake on Saturday night extended to that section. Hanging lamps oscillated for some seconds. Some persons imagined that they had been suddenly taken ill, and other infallible signs of a genuine earthquake were observed. Shedd - Linn county - shock lasted several seconds - sufficiently violent to make timbers in the warehouse crack and frighten hands engaged in loading wheat so badly as to cause a precipitated evacuation. Jacksonville - severe; twenty seconds, no damage, first shock ever felt in this place. Canyonville - severe - first shock ever experienced. Roseburg - buildings trembled. Roaring sound 20 seconds - came from southwest. Ashland - light shock - houses shook considerably - no damage. Corvallis - distinct shock lasting several minutes. Vibrations from northeast and southwest. Eugene City - Slight shock lasting a few seconds - vibrations from north to south Albany - Two quite severe shocks northeast and southwest shook many buildings, lasted 56 seconds."
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
1873	11	22	9	5	P		42.00	124.00		6.70	MI	Crescent City	CA	VIII	RF	70000.00		mi2
MISC - 2335							WWC - 1645		-	MISC - 2539		BYERL - 345				REID1 - 588

Underlying Source Material

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1529	The Oregonian	1873	Dec. 5, 1873; pg1 50w.
Transcription: December 5. Grant's Pass. A writer from Grant's Pass, Jackson county, to the Advocate says of the earthquake: "The first indication we had of it was the clattering of the windows; then followed a few violent upheavals; then a very severe oscillating movement. We think it lasted from fifteen to twenty seconds. We have heard of no serious damage being done beyond the knocking down of some chimney tops, cracking some cellar walls and displacing some buildings."

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1528	The Oregonian	1873	Nov 24, 1873
Transcription: 1873, November 22, Saturday. In Western Oregon, slight. A Slight Quake-- By consulting the dispatches it will be observed that a slight shock was felt perceptibly throughout Southern Oregon on Saturday evening about 9 o'clock. Advancing northward the shock became less and less appreciable, so that nothing unusual was experienced at Salem or Portland. The only person who observed any uncommon motion in this city, was a gentleman with whom we conversed yesterday. Indeed the movement was so slight that he never once thought for the moment what produced it. On reading the dispatches received yesterday, he recalled the circumstance to his mind, and remembered distinctly that the time the shock was felt in the southern part of the State, coincided precisely with the motion which attracted momentarily his attention. This gentleman stepped into the barber shop a few minutes prior to 9 o'clock, to undergo the tonsorial operation. Hardly had he seated himself in the chair, when the large gas chandelier overhead began to oscillate gently from the southwest to the northeast. The motion was not violent; in fact scarcely perceptible. There was no external cause to produce these oscillations, and the gentleman called the barber's attention to the simple circumstance. That person attributed the movement of the chandelier to heat. In a few moments it ceased to swing, and nothing further was thought of the circumstance. The gentleman says he did not experience any tremendous movement of the chair, and nothing was more remote from his mind than an earthquake shock. We have heard of no other person having felt or observed anything strange which could suggest a shock.

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1295	Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108	1963
Transcription: 1873 - - Nov 22 A little after 9 pm (Local) Port Orford, Ore., and Cresent City, CA VIII 10

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2021	Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society	1910	Unpublished index to the Oregonian
Transcription: in Western Oregon, slight, Nov. 22, 1873

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1990	Oregonian	1873	Monday, November 24, 1873; pg 1 col 3
Transcription: Yreka, November 22. At 5 minutes past 9 o'clock this evening we were startled by a severe shock of earthquake lasting about 15 seconds. The vibrations were from south to north. We hear of its being felt at Grave Creek in Oregon, some 100 miles north of here. This is the hardest shock experienced here. People were frightened, and in a few moments the streets were thronged. Sacramento - A slight shock of earthquake was felt here at 8:57 this evening of sufficient violence to stop the clocks in the operating room of the Western Union telegraph office and The Union Hotel. Shasta, CA - A shock of earthquake was felt here about 9 o'clock last evening. It continued about 10 seconds and was also distinctly noticed at Whiskey town, five miles northwest of this place. [c5] Our Hillsboro correspondent informs us that the earthquake on Saturday night extended to that section. Hanging lamps oscillated for some seconds. Some persons imagined that they had been suddenly taken ill, and other infallible signs of a genuine earthquake were observed. Shedd - Linn county - shock lasted several seconds - sufficiently violent to make timbers in the warehouse crack and frighten hands engaged in loading wheat so badly as to cause a precipitated evacuation. Jacksonville - severe; twenty seconds, no damage, first shock ever felt in this place. Canyonville - severe - first shock ever experienced. Roseburg - buildings trembled. Roaring sound 20 seconds - came from southwest. Ashland - light shock - houses shook considerably - no damage. Corvallis - distinct shock lasting several minutes. Vibrations from northeast and southwest. Eugene City - Slight shock lasting a few seconds - vibrations from north to south Albany - Two quite severe shocks northeast and southwest shook many buildings, lasted 56 seconds.

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345	Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38	1952	U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections)
Transcription: 1873, November 22 Felt from Portland, Oregon to San Francisco, California. Maximum intensity of VIII at Crescent City, California and Port Orford, Oregon. Chimneys damaged in Crescent City and Port Orford. Nearly every brick building in Crescent City was damaged.

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1203	The American Journal of Science and Arts	1874	Third Series, Nos. 37-42, January to June 1874, pp. 386-387
Transcription: Rockwood, C. G. "Notices of Recent American Earthquakes", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS, VOL. VII, Third Series, Nos. 37-42, January to June, 1874, p. 386-387. October 19, 1873 - A slight shock was felt about 2 P. M. at Seattle, W. T., and "at 4 o'clock clouds of smoke were seen pouring from the highest peak of Mt. Rainier." November 22, 1873 - A shock was felt along the Pacific Coast and vicinity, from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco ... It was most violent at Crescent City, California, and Port Orchard, Oregon ... At the former place nearly every brick building suffered more or less damage from cracked walls and falling chimneys. It was quite heavy at various points in the Coast Range of mountains, the severity diminishing north and south from the neighborhood of the State boundary line. The duration is stated at 20 to 30 seconds, and the time a few minutes past nine P. M. The direction appears to have been from a point between north and northeast ... At Albany, Oregon, two shocks were reported, and at Roseburg, Oregon, a "roaring" was also heard. December 17, 1873 - A smart shock, followed by a rumbling noise, between 11 and 12 P. M., at Victoria, Vancouver Island. December 20, 1873 - A shock in the night, lasting 10 seconds, at Victoria, Vancouver Island.

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1615	Crescent City Courier	1873	A transcription of the material was provided by the Curry County Historical Society, Gold Beach, Oregon, in their newsletter "Curry County Echoes" of Nov. 1989, V. 17, #11. The date of the original newspaper was - Nov 29, 1873
Transcription: Happy camp was visited last night at quarter to nine by a violent shock of an earthquake, which is something unusual, as the oldest resident does not recollect of anything of that kind happening before. The shock lasted about 25 seconds and the rumbling noise accompanying the shock appeared to sound as if it was running nearly north and south. The wooden buildings rocked to and fro very much, and the tin pails hung up in Messers. Camp & Co's brick store swung backwards and forwards at an angle of nearly 45 degrees with the reeling for upwards of ten minutes after the shock. Messer's Camp & Store is but one story high and stoutly built or it would undoubtedly have fallen to the ground. M. Cuddihy, Esq.says he was in San Francisco at one of what they call one of their heaviest shocks and says it did not compare with his at happy Camp for violence. He says, and everybody believes if a building here had been four or even three stories high built of brick or stone it certainly could not have withstood the shock, and must have fallen. It is said that there are several small cracks in Mr. Camp's building, but we believe they are old cracks. We do not know of any other damage. The dogs howled and the horses got frightened in the fields, and ran at a fearful speed for a while, and the citizens looked pale and thunderstruck or rather earthquake struck. Some people here had never experienced an earthquake before, and will be perfectly satisfied if they never experienced another. I was in the upper story of M. Cuddahy's Hotel and the building appeared to move to and fro about a foot.

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563	Smith, W. D., 1919, Earthquakes in Oregon, BSSA, V. 9, n. 3, pp. 58-71	1919
Transcription: 1873. November 22; a little after 9 pm.; VIII. A shock was felt from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco, California, more severe at Crescent City, Cal., and Port Orford, Oregon.-C.G.R. Nearly every brick building in Crescent City was injured; chimneys were damaged there and up the coast to Port Orford, in the interior as far as Jacksonville, Oregon. and east from Crescent as far as Happy Camp, on the Klamath.- B. Ms. At sea, N. of Cape Mendocino-C.G.R. -Tacoma (III).-P. Severe shock at Linckville, Klamath Lake, Oregon. In Jackson and Josephine counties, Oregon, and Trinity county, Cal., the shock was strong and lasted nearly a minute.-B. Ms. -Ft. Klamath, Oregon. -B. Ms. Red Bluff;. Eureka; Albany (Oregon); Roseburg-C.G.R.

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1616	Crescent City Courier	1873	A transcription of the material was provided by the Curry County Historical Society, Gold Beach, Oregon, in their newsletter "Curry County Echoes" of Nov. 1989, V. 17, #11. The date of the original newspaper was - Nov 29, 1873
Transcription: From Port Orford Port Orford, Nov. 23d 8 a.m. 1873 The quiet of our town was somewhat disturbed last evening at 9 o'clock, by a terrible earthquake, the first ever felt in this section. A rotary shock from Southwest to Northwest, which lasted fully a minute. No noise accompanied it, not one was hurt, no building thrown down but had we brick structures in our town, not a building would have been standing this morning. I experienced the heavy shake of 1868 in San Francisco, which was nothing to be compared with the one here last evening. Later as people came into town this morning, we hear that it was felt about the same in all quarters within the distance of 10 miles from here. A loud noise was heard off at sea west of Cape Blanco. It appeared like the rush and upheaving of the waters; in fact the water was seen to rise and fall, boiling and hissing. This took place, or was noticed immediately after the shock, and the people in that vicinity were making preparations for climbing a tree, or getting for higher ground. No tidal wave followed, and nothing unusual noticed on the beach. No signs of higher water. Light house and Tower still standing at this time unable to learn if any damage was done to either. Yours truly, J.B. Tichenor N.B. Mr Deadmond who resides one mile north of here, directly on the seacoast says that he heard a noise off to the westward loud as a report of a hundred cannon, and that he noticed indications on the beach of very high water mosses and sand being thrown up to the highest water marks. Light House but little damaged, plastering and putty started in many places. Vibrations in tower at least six inches.

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804	Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park
Transcription: Portland 9:00p November 22, 1875 Severe; N-NE; lasted from 20 to 30 seconds. Felt at Roseburg and Port Oxford.

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2580	Washington Standard	1873	Nov. 29, 1873. p. 3, c. 1. Saturday weekly; known from U.W. Library, Pacific Northwest Collection card catalog.
Transcription: Several severe shakes of an earthquake were felt in some parts of Oregon last Saturday evening.

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2539	The San Andreas Fault System, California, Chapter 6: "Earthquake History, 1769-1989" by William L. Ellsworth, USGS Professional Paper 1515. 1990	1990	p. 169, 185
Transcription: November 23, 1873 (M=6.75) The severe earthquake of November 23, 1873, was felt from San Francisco to Portland, Oreg.; it inflicted the heaviest damage to Crescent City, Calif., and surrounding communities in the Klamath Mountains. The macroseismic epicenter near the California-Oregon State line and probably inland of the coastline is unique within both the historical and instrumental records. From Table 6.1: 1873/11/23, 05:00 GMT. M=6.75, 42N, 124W, Crescent City, MI=6.7

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1610	Jacksonville, Dem. Times	1873	Saturday, Nov. 29, 1873
Transcription: Last saturday evening, at a little after 9 o' clock, an earthquake shook up the country rather severely, the vibrations of which lasted several seconds. No damage was done in Jacksonville, however, except frightening everybody and causing a great deal of gossip. The shock seemed to be more severe in the country, as at Linckville the earth was reported as having been cracked, while the chimney of Wm. Kahler at Grant's Pass was demolished. Josephine county was shaken up more severely, we are informed, chimneys being capsized and many other evidences being given. The earthquake seemed to have extended the greater length of the coast, and advices as yet intimate that the damage was slightly everywhere. Cresent City seemed to have receive the severest shock, as the cornices were knocked from the houses and other mischief done.

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1991	Oregonian	1873	December 5, 1873
Transcription: Local Brevities Earthquake Did you feel it? shocking - the earthquake Dec 5, 1873 - A writer from Grants Pass, Jackson county to the Advocate says of the earthquake "The first indication we had of it was the clattering of the windows, then followed by a few violent upheavals. We think it lasted from 15 to 20 seconds. We have heard of no serious damage being done beyond knocking down of some chimney tops, cracking some cellar walls and displacing some buildings.

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588	Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park
Transcription: California & Oregon 9 pm & a few minutes; 22 November 1873 VIII -Rockwoods (at Am. Jr. Sc. 1874, ser III, vol VII, p 387 Central near no. (?) California and felt from Portland to San Francisco, probably over a land area of 70,000 sq. miles; (a=280, b=160m). Brick walls cracked and chimneys overthrown in Cresent City, Calif.

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2023	Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society	1910	Unpublished index to the Oregonian
Transcription: at Grants Pass, O-Dec. 5, 1873, p.1, 50 w.

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1232	Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087	1898
Transcription: 1873. November 22; a little after 9 P.M.; VIII. ... "At sea, N. of Cape Mendocino.___C.G.R.__Tacoma (III).__P." November 22. ... Eureka; "Albany (Oregon); Roseburg.___C.G.R."

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2335	Letter: Wheaton to AAG, Dept. of the Columbia, S.F. Presidio, Letters Received, D.C., 1873, #2779. Typescript copy in the Don C. Fisher papers, Klamath County Museum.	1873	Typescript copy in the Don C. Fisher papers, Klamath County Museum.
Transcription: Typed transcript of letter addressed to Asst. Adjutant General, Dept. of the Columbia. Headquarters Fort Klamath, Ogn. December 23, 1873 The Asst. Adjutant General Dept. of the Columbia. Sir I have the honor to report for the information of the Commanding General, that on Saturday evening November 22nd at five minutes past nine O'clock a severe shock of Earthquake was felt at this Post, the duration of the phenomena was for nearly two and a one half minutes, hats were shaken from pegs, dishes rattled and shook on their shelves, stovepipes were disjointed, open doors swung to and fron on their hinges, the apparent undulations were so marked and serious that people here were seized with giddiness from it very difficult to stand erect, my floor seemed to be moving like the deck of a ship at sea influenced by a ground swell. I can learn of no serious damage done or in this vicinity by the shock of Earthquake reported. I am Sir Very respectfully Your obdt. Servt. Frank Wheaton Lt. Col. 21' Inft. Commanding [Marginal Note:] L..B. 156/73. S.F. Presidio A., L.R., D.C., 1873, #2779

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448	Holden, Edward S., 1887, List of Recorded Earthquakes in California, Lower California, Oregon, and Washington Territory	1887	Printed by Direction of the Regents of the University of California, Sacremento, California,
Transcription: 1873. November 22; a little after 9 p.m, A shock was felt from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco, Cal.; most severe at Crescent City, Cal., and Port Orford, Oregon.--C.G.R. Nearly every brick building in Crescent City was injured; chimneys were damaged there and up the coast to Port Orford, in the interior as far as Jacksonville, Oregon, and east from Crescent as far as Happy Camp, on the Klamath.--B.Ms. November 22. Severe shock at Linckville, Klamath Lake, Oregon. In Jackson and Josephine Counties, Oregon, and Trinity County, Cal., the shock was strong, and lasted nearly a minute.--B.Ms.--Ft. Klamath, Oregon.--B.Ms. November 22. This shock was very severe in Washington Territory.--B.Ms.

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2534	U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 137-189	1973
Transcription: 1873, November 22. Del Norte County. Nearly every building in Crescent City was damaged. Chimneys were damaged in many places as far north as Port Orford, Oregon, and east to Jacksonville, Oreg. It was felt from Portland, Oreg. to San Francisco and onboard ships at sea. 1873 Nov. 22, 21:00 PST, Del Norte County, CA, 42N,124W, 70000 miles, MM VII

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487	Townley, S.D. and M.W. Allen, 1939, Descriptive Catalog of earthquakes of the Pacific Coast of the United States 1769 to 1928, Chapter II, Earthquakes in Oregon--1846-1928, BSSA, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 253-258.	1939
Transcription: 1873 November 22. A little after 9 p.m. VIII. A shock was felt from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco, Cal.; most severe at Crescent City, Cal., and Port Orford, Oregon.- C.G.R. Nearly every brick building in Crescent City was injured; chimneys were damaged there and up the coast to Port Orford, in the interior as far as Jacksonville, Oregon, and east from Crescent City as far as Happy Camp, on the Klamath.- B.MS. At sea, N. of Cape Mendocino.-C.G.R. November 22. Severe shock at Linckville, Klamath Lake. In Jackson and Josephine Counties, and Trinity County, Cal., the shock was strong and lasted nearly a minute.-B.MS. Fort Klamath, Oregon.-B.MS. Red Bluff; Eureka; Albany; Roseburg.CGR. [Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser., 7, 287.]

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840	Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park
Transcription: November 29, 1873

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6015	Washington Standard	1873	Nov. 29, 1873 p3 c1 (Sat. Weekly)
Transcription: Several severe shakes of an earthquake were felt in some parts of Oregon last Saturday evening.

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1049	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: 1873 November 22. A little after 9 p.m. III. Tacoma.-P. This shock was very severe in Washington Territory.-B.MS. [The shock was severe in western Oregon and northern California.]

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1645	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: 187311222100000 42000-124000 560ML CA 01