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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 #215 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Holden (1898) cites the United States Lighthouse Board as the origin of this information.
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
1889  10  20    48.00  122.50        Point No Point Lighthouse  WA           
HOLD2 - 1253 WWC - 1686 - - HOLD2 - 1253 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
243  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1889 October 20, 3 p.m.; Point No Point Lighthouse; slight shock.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1253  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1889. October 20; 3 P.M. Point No Point Lighthouse, Washington. Slight shock.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
713  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Point No Point Light House 3 pm 20 Oct, 1889 Slight -Holden's Cat. pg 144
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1078  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: 1889 October 20. 3 p.m. Point No Point Lighthouse [Kitsap Co.]. Slight shock.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1686  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 188910202300000 48000-122500W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
867  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Point No Point LH 3:00p October 20, 1889 Slight shock.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2427  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: 1889 Oct 20 Point No Point, Wash. TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
64  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 64 1889 Oct. 20 23: Point No Point 4 felt
 


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