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Cascadia Historic Earthquake Catalog, 1793-1929
Covering Washington, Oregon and Southern British Columbia
Provided by: The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
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Individual Event Report
Event #152 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
A "barely felt and no more" event in Portland. Known from one newspaper article in a Seattle newspaper.
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
1880  8  20      A              Portland  OR           
N-WA - 2607 - - - N-WA - 2607 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2607  The Daily Intelligencer  1880  Tuesday Aug 24, 1880 p 3 col 1 
Transcription: Portland had an earthquake shock last Friday morning [Aug 20], which was barely felt and no more.
 


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