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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 #289 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Volcanic Activity Holden (1898) states: "1895. September 1; Tacoma, Washington. The mountain-climbers who returned tonight from Mount Tacoma report steam, smoke and gas belching from the foot of Nisqually Glacier, where the Nisqually River has its source. At the rim of the crater, southeast of Columbia Crest, the ground is quite warm, notwithstanding the artic atmosphere of the summit. Steam comes out of the crater at this particular point more freely than any other part.__San Jose Mercury, September 2, 1895. " Newspapers have not been researched.
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
1895                    Mount Tacoma  WA           
HOLD2 - 1914 - - - HOLD2 - 1914 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1914  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1895. September 1; Tacoma, Washington. The mountain-climbers who returned tonight from Mount Tacoma report steam, smoke and gas belching from the foot of Nisqually Glacier, where the Nisqually River has its source. At the rim of the crater, southeast of Columbia Crest, the ground is quite warm, notwithstanding the artic atmosphere of the summit. Steam comes out of the crater at this particular point more freely than any other part.__San Jose Mercury, September 2, 1895.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
888  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Tacoma September 1, 1895
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
275  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1895 September 1; Tacoma. The mountain-climbers who returned tonight from Mount Tacoma report steam, smoke, and gas belching from the foot of Nisqually Glacier, where the Nisqually River has its source. At the rim of the crater, southeast of Columbia Crest, the ground is quite warm, notwithstanding the arctic atmosphere of the summit. Steam comes out of the crater at this particular point more freely than any other part (San Jose Mercury, September 2, 1895).
 


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