Individual Event Report
| Event #245 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs |
| Known from report of weather observer at Fort Simcoe, Yakima County, WA, supported by an article in the Spokesman Review. This event is a foreshock of the quake at 2:55 AM - see comment. |
| 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 |
| 1892 |
2 |
29 |
2 |
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A |
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Fort Simcoe |
WA |
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| WBR - 2134 |
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WBR - 2134 |
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Underlying Source Material
| Source ID |
Publication |
Pub Date |
Pub Details |
| 2134 |
U. S. Weather Bureau Climatological Records, for the State of Washington |
1819-1892 |
National Archives Microfilm Copy T907, Roll No. 532, 1819-1892 -Fort Simcoe, Yakima County-handwritten weather forms |
Transcription:
Signal Service, Voluntary Observer's Meteorlogical Record, Monthly Summary-Remarks, Fort Simcoe, Yakima County, Washington, (Washington State Reel No. 265), February 1892. "Nothing special to notice except the earthquake on the morning of the 29th. It lasted about 30 seconds each shock. The middle shock was much the hardest . Windows and glassware were badly shaken and the plastering on some of the buildings was shaken off. It made a number of people sick to their stomachs. Please send us more blanks at once. "
Miscellaneous phenomena: 3 shocks of earthquake at 2.00 - 2.55 and 3:15 AM of the 29th inst. The middle shock was the hardest . Glassware was shaken and one pane of glass broken. |
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