Individual Event Report
| Event #119 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| This may be two separate events, or a single misreported earthquake. Holden lists two events, one in Victoria on the 17th, the other in Olympia, with uncertain date. Milne says that no earthquake was mentioned in the Victoria papers. Newspapers should be searched. |
| 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 |
12 |
17 |
11 |
|
P |
L |
47.04 |
122.89 |
|
|
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Olympia |
WA |
IV |
MM |
|
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| CGR - 1203 |
WWC - 1646 |
- |
- |
RAS - 26 |
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Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 648 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Victoria between 11 & 12 pm 17 Dec, 1873 IV -Holden's Cat. pg 97; Am. Jr. Sc. ser III, vol 7, pg 387 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 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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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 26 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
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| Transcription: 26 1873 Dec. 17? - Olympia IV 4 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1050 |
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 |
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| Transcription: 1873 December ? (probably 17, E.S.H.) Olympia. Three shocks.-P. [Plummer gives an intensity of IV.] |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1234 |
Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087 |
1898 |
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| Transcription: 1873. December ?; (Probably 17, E.S.H.) Olympia. Three shocks. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1407 |
Milne, W.G., 1956, Seismic Activity in Canada, west of the 113th meridian 1841-1951: Canada Dominion Obs. Pub., V. 18, No. 7, pp. 119-146 |
1957 |
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| Transcription: 1873 DECEMBER 17. 11-12 p.m. Bradford lists an earthquake of intensity IV at Victoria, but the newspapers make no mention of it. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 213 |
Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153 |
1935 |
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| Transcription: 1873 December (probably 17, E.S.H.) Olympia three shocks. P. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1646 |
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: 18731217 47045-122890W IV R 4 01 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 212 |
Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153 |
1935 |
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| Transcription: 1873 December 17, 11-12 p.m.; IV; Victoria, B.C. C.G.R. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2473 |
Coombs, H.A., W.G. Milne, O.W. Nuttli, and D.B. Slemmons, "Report of the Review Panel on the December 14, 1872 earthquake", |
1976 |
Appendix D: Selected Supporting Information -- Professor Plummer's Paper on "Recent Volcanic Activity" Read before the Academy of Science - Tacoma Ledger - February 28, 1893 |
Transcription: (This is part of an 8 page article - see the WPPSS table for entire text RSL 7/1995)
On the 9th of January 1873, several sharp shocks were felt
at Tacoma, and with less force at Seattle. No damage was done.
On November 20th of the same year shocks were felt at Tacoma,
and the following December three shocks were felt at Olympia. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1233 |
Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087 |
1898 |
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| Transcription: 1873. December 17; 11-12 P.M.; IV. Victoria, B.C.___C.G.R. |
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