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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 #303 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Catalog entries are based on the MWR: "December 6, 1897.-Forest Grove Oreg.: slight shock at 8:30 p.m." Newspapers have not been searched.
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
1897  12  30    45.52  123.10        Forest Grove  OR  III  MM       
MWR - 2208 WWC - 1725 - - BB - 1316 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2208  Monthly Weather Review  1897  V. 25, p. 542 
Transcription: December 6, 1897.-Forest Grove Oreg.: slight shock at 8:30 p.m.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1725  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 189712 70430000 45520-123108W III BB 3 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
510  Townley, S.D. and M.W. Allen, 1939, Descriptive Catalog of earthquakes of the Pacific Coast of the United States 1769 to 1928, Chapter II, Earthquakes in Oregon--1846-1928, BSSA, V. 29, No. 1, pp. 253-258.  1939   
Transcription: 1897 December 6. 8:30 p.m. Forest Grove [Washington Co.]. Slight.[MWR, Dec. 1897, p.542.]
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
605  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Forest Grove 8:30 pm 6 Dec, 1897 intensity-slight -MWR Dec 1897
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1316  Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108  1963   
Transcription: 1897 Dec 7 04:30:-- Dec 6 8:30 pm (PST) Forrest Grove III 10
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
366  Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38  1952  U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) 
Transcription: 1897, December 6 Forest Grove, Washington County. Slight.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
822  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Forest Grove 8:30p December 6, 1897
 


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