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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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1793-1849 .... 1850s .... 1860s .... 1870s .... 1880s .... 1890s .... 1900s .... 1910s .... 1920s .... 1930s (not complete) .... Other Cascadia Catalogs

  
Individual Event Report
Event #221 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
All catalogs repeat Holden's (1898) information. Holden cites no source.
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
1890  10  8  2    P  L  48.00  122.50        Point No Point Lighthouse  WA           
HOLD2 - 1258 WWC - 1691 - - HOLD2 - 1258 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1258  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1890. October 8; 2 P.M. Point No Point Lighthouse, Washington, slight shock.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1691  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 189010 82200000 48000-122500W R 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2429  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: 1890 Oct 8 Point No Point, Wash. TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1083  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: 1890 October 8. 2 p.m. Point No Point Lighthouse [Kitsap Co.]. Slight shock.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
69  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 69 1890 Oct. 8 22: Point No Point 4 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
248  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1890 October 8, 2 p.m.; Point No Point Lighthouse; slight shock.
 


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