Individual Event Report
| Event #148 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| This event has been included in many catalogs on the basis of a communication to Holden from Geo. J. Ainsworth, Esq. The database has no contemperaneous newspaper accounts for this event. Such accounts could be sought. It is possible that Ainsworth was referring to the 1877 Portland earthquake. |
| 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 |
| 1879 |
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|
|
|
45.53 |
122.62 |
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Portland |
OR |
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| HOLD1 - 452 |
WWC - 1656 |
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HOLD1 - 452 |
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Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1656 |
Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished |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Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 1879 45535-122620W IV R 4 01 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1300 |
Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108 |
1963 |
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| Transcription: 1879 - - - - Portland IV 10 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1237 |
Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087 |
1898 |
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| Transcription: 1879. ? Portland, Oregon.__P. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 452 |
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: 1879. ? ? There was a smart shock in Portland, Oregon--and only two or three shocks have been felt since that time.--Communicated by Geo. J. Ainsworth, Esq. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 492 |
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: 1879 ? Portland.-P. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 34 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
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| Transcription: 34 1879 ? Portland, Ore. IV 3 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 592 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Portland 1879 (?) -Holden's Cat. pg 107 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 350 |
Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38 |
1952 |
U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) |
| Transcription: 1879? Smart shock in Portland. (George Ainsworth). |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 493 |
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 |
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| Transcription: 1879 ?? There was a smart shock in Portland, and only two or three shocks have been felt since that time.-Communicated by Geo. J. Ainsworth, Esq. |
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