Individual Event Report
| Event #154 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
Milne cites the Victoria British Colonist. and says "South Vancouver Island and northwest Washington generally felt this shock. In Victoria the rumbling motion seemed to be from south to north. Plaster was cracked, loose bricks fell, and some persons ran into the street. At 9 a.m. on the same day a slight jolt was felt in Victoria. The main earthquake was felt in Saanich and Esquimalt. At Cowichan the boats were shaken but at Nanaimo the tremor was not felt. Port Townsend and Seattle, like Victoria, felt the earthquake and at Somenos there were two gun-like shocks although Somenos appears to be north of the main area of the disturbance."
A check of the Victoria British Colonist was made, but we were unable to locate the article. A review of the Oregonian and the Washington Standard found no mention of this event. Mention was found in the Seattle Daily Intelligencer, but the earthquake was not reported to have been felt in Seattle. |
| 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 |
22 |
1 |
25 |
P |
L |
48.00 |
122.00 |
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Victoria |
B.C. |
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| MILNE - 1408 |
WWC - 1657 |
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MILNE - 1408 |
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Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 453 |
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: 1880. August 22; 1:25 p.m. Southern part of Vancouver Island and northwest part of Washington Territory.--Fuchs. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 979 |
U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96 |
1973 |
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| Transcription: 1880. August 22. Northwestern Washington. Earthquake felt at Port Townsend and Seattle, and on southern Vancouver Island. In Victoria, British Columbia, plaster cracked; loose bricks fell. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 688 |
Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park |
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| Transcription: Northwest & South Wash. 1:25 pm 22 Aug, 1880 -Am Jr Sc III-XXi pg 201 -Holden's Cat. pg 100 Southern part of Van- couver Island felt shock. At Victoria two lighter one were felt at 2:10 & 2:19. Many places in Southern part of Van- couver Island & also Port Townsend, Seattle & other points in the northwest of Wash, felt the shock. Time given in Holden's Cat. for Wash. is 1:25 pm. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2606 |
Personal Communication, Greg Lange, May 2000 |
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Sources Checked, August 1880 |
| Transcription: (August 22, 1880) Sources checked; no info found. Greg Lange checked the Puget Sound Weekly Courier, The Daily Intelligencer, Puget Sound Dispatch (Seattle) without result. RSL 5/10/2000 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 216 |
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: 1880 August 22, 1:25 p.m.; southern part of Vancouver Island, B.C., and northwest part of Washington Territory. Fuchs; C.G.R. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2608 |
The Daily Intelligencer |
1880 |
Wednesday Aug 25, 1880 p 3 col 1 |
| Transcription: An earthquake is reported to have occurred in Victoria on Sunday afternoon last. Three shocks were plainly felt. Bricks were thrown from chimney tops. Houses shaked [sic] and timid people generally frightened. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1408 |
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: 1880 AUGUST 22. 1:25 p.m. South Vancouver Island and northwest Washington generally felt this shock. In Victoria the rumbling motion seemed to be from south to north. Plaster was cracked, loose bricks fell, and some persons ran into the street. At 9 a.m. on the same day a slight jolt was felt in Vic- toria. The main earthquake was felt in Saanich and Esquimalt. At Cowi- chan the boats were shaken but at Nanaimo the tremor was not felt. Port Townsend and Seattle, like Victoria, felt the earthquake and at Somenos there were two gun-like shocks although Somenos appears to be north of the main area of the disturbance. Col. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2421 |
Washington Public Power Supply System, "WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 2, Final Safety Analysis Report, Volume 1, Amendment 18"
September 1981 |
1981 |
Table 2.5-6 |
| Transcription: 1880 Aug 22 Northwestern Washington TA |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1657 |
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: 188008222125000 48000-122000W R 01 |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 35 |
Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476 |
1967 |
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| Transcription: 35 1880 Aug. 22 21:25 N.W. Washington 1,4 felt |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2609 |
Seattle Daily Post Intelligencer |
1882 |
May 4, 1882, Thursday, p. 4, col. 1 |
| Transcription: THE EARTHQUAKE IN VICTORIA - The Colonist gives us the following account of the recent earthquake in Victoria. "At 10:45 p.m. on Sunday night the shock of an earthquake caused doors, windows and crockery in this vicinity to rattle and somewhat alarmed new residents who are not accustomed to such violent sublunary emotions. The movement seemed to be from northeast to sourwest. In some instances crockery was thrown from shelves. In one house, at least, a candle was thrown from a chair and extinguished. Some persons who were walking across the floor and others who were sound asleep did not feel the shock in the least. It is mentioned as a remarkable circumstance that a few minutes before the shock occurred dogs were heard to howl dismally. The barometer at 11:15 p.m. was 31.07; thermometer 64 degrees. In the district, some of the houses were shoken [sic] up at a livelier rate than was pleasant for the occupants. Mr. William Pollard's family sought safety by flight amid the fall of plaster, the rattling of casements and the creaking and groaning of the timbers. The house was damaged to the extent of $50. This same house was shaken severely by the earthquake of August, 1880. It is accounted for by the fact that it is built on a rock. We have always believed that the man whose house stands on a rock occupies a pretty sure foundation. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 1053 |
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: 1880 August 22. 1:25 p.m. Southern part of Vancouver Island and northwest part of Wash- ington Territory.-Fuchs; CGR. |
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| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 920 |
U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96 |
1973 |
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| Transcription: 1880 Aug. 22 13:25 Northwestern Washington - - - - 3-25,25 |
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