Individual Event Report
| Event #145 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| the Washington Standard says: "Quite a heavy shock of an earthquake was felt at this place Monday morning at Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and other places." , while the Oregonian states: "On Monday morning at half- past six a shock of earthquake was plainly felt at Tacoma. It was the most considerable ever felt there." Catalogs cite Tacoma as the felt locale. MWR is cited by some authors, but not found for this data-base. |
| 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 |
| 1878 |
3 |
18 |
|
|
|
|
47.23 |
122.43 |
|
|
|
Tacoma |
WA |
III |
MM |
|
|
|
| N-Ore - 1535 |
WWC - 1654 |
- |
- |
RAS - 32 |
- |
Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6059 |
Weekly Intelligencer |
1878 |
March, 23, A3611 |
| Transcription: EARTHQUAKE SHOCK Passengers by the Messenger report that a smart shock of an earthquake was felt at Olympia early yesterday morning. No damage so far as heard from. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 215 |
Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153 |
1935 |
|
| Transcription: 1878 March 18, 6:30 a.m.; III; Tacoma. U.S.W.R (Slight.) |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6060 |
|
Washington Standard |
1878 |
| Transcription: Quite a heavy shock of an earthquake was felt at this place, Monday morning, about 6 o’clock. It was likewise felt at Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and other places. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6061 |
Daily Pacific Tribune |
1878 |
March, 19, A456, P3 C1 |
| Transcription: EARTHQUAKE - A light shock of earthquake is said to have been felt by some persons in this city about 6 o’clock yesterday morning. The same shock is reported in Olympia. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1052 |
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: 1878 March 18. 6:30 a.m. III. Tacoma. Slight.-MWR [March 1878, p. 12]. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2583 |
Washington Standard |
1878 |
March 23, 1878. p. 4, c. 4. Saturday weekly; known from U.W. Library, Pacific Northwest Collection card catalog. |
| Transcription: Quite a heavy shock of an earthquake was felt at this place Monday morning at Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and other places. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 451 |
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: 1878. March 18; 6:30 a.m. Tacoma, W.T.--U.S.W.R. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1654 |
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: 187803181430000 47237-122433W III R 3 01 |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2032 |
Leslie M. Scott, Memoranda of the Files of the Oregonian 1850-1910, Oregon Historical Society |
1910 |
Unpublished index to the Oregonian |
| Transcription: at Tacoma, Mar. 18, 1878 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6063 |
The Daily Intelligencer |
1878 |
March, 19, A329, p3 c1 |
| Transcription: EARTHQUAKE SHOCK Passengers by the Messenger report that a smart shock of an earthquake was felt at Olympia early yesterday morning. No damage so far as heard from. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6022 |
Washington Standard |
1878 |
Sat. March 23, 1878 p4 c4 |
| Transcription: Quite a heavy shock of an earthquake was felt at this place Monday morning, about 6 o'clock. It was likewise felt at Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and other places. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6058 |
Puget Sound Weekly Courier |
1878 |
March, 22, A420 |
| Transcription: A very distinct shock, or rapid succession of shocks of an earthquake was felt here last Monday morning at 6 o’clock. It was more severe than any we have felt since the big earthquake in December 1872. The direction appeared to be from west toward the east. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 6062 |
Weekly Pacific Tribune |
1878 |
March, 20, A450, p3 c4 |
| Transcription: EARTHQUAKE A light shock of earthquake is said to have been felt by some persons in this city about 6 o’clock yesterday morning. The same shock is reported in Olympia |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1535 |
The Oregonian |
1878 |
March 20, 1878; p.1, c.. 4 |
Transcription: 1878, March 18, Tacoma.
On Monday morning at half- past six a shock of earthquake was plainly felt at Tacoma. It was the most considerable ever felt there. |
| |
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 32 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
|
| Transcription: 32 1878 Mar. 18 14:30 Tacoma III 4 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 841 |
Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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|
| Transcription: Tacoma 5:30a/p? March 18, 1878 III Slight. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 687 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Tacoma 6:30 am 18 March, 1878 Slight -Am Jr Sc III-XVII pg 159 |
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