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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 #174 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Reported by weather observer on Bainbridge Island.
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
1881  14  10  30    47.65  122.52        Bainbridge Island  WA           
WBR - 2122 WWC - 1669 - - WBR - 2122 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
463  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: 1881. March 14; 10:30 p.m. Slight shock at Bainbridge Island, W.T.--U.S.W.R.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
47  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 47 1881 Mar. 15 06:30 Bainbridge Is. III 4
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1669  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 188103150630000 47650-122525W III R 3 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1207  The American Journal of Science  1882  Third Series, Vol. XXIII, Nos. 133-138, January to June 1882, pp. 258-259 
Transcription: Rockwood, C. G. ""Notes on Earthquakes", THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, Third Series, VOL. XXIII, Nos. 133-138, January to June 1882, pp. 258-259.

January 5 to 7, 1881 - At Bainbridge Island, W. T. (47 degrees 42' N., 122 degrees 31' W.); slight shocks at 10:56 P. M. of 5th; at 4:20 P. M. of 6th, and at 10:15 P. M. of 7th. (U. S. Weather Rev.).

March 14 - 10:30 P. M. slight shock at Bainbridge Island, W. T.; duration, thirty seconds (U. S. Weather Rev.).
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
226  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1881 March 14, 10:30 p.m.; III; slight shock at Bainbridge Island. U.S.W.R.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1063  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: 1881 March 14. 10:30 p.m. III. Bainbridge Island [Kitsap Co.]. Slight shock.-MWR [March 1881, p. 20].
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
854  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Bainbridge 10:30p March 14, 1881 Duration 30 seconds.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2122  U. S. Weather Bureau Climatological Records, for the State of Washington  1819-1892  National Archives Microfilm Copy T907, Roll Nos. 530-537, 1819-1892 - Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County - Riley Hoskinson-handwritten weather forms. Researched by Gerald Elfendahl, curator, Bainbridge Island Hist. Soc. 
Transcription: From Roll No. 530:
Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County

March 1881 : Earthquakes on the 14th at 10:30 p. m. Slight motion, tremulous, duration about 30 seconds.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
699  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Bainbridge Island 10:30 pm 14 March, 1881 Slight. Dura- tion 30 seconds. -Am Jr Sc III-XXIII pg 259
 


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