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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 #305 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
These events are documented in the Monthly Weather Review (MWR): "December 16, 17, 20. - Lakeside, Wash.: light shocks, all occurring at 6 a.m., vibrating from west to east." Most catalogs list these in a single entry.
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  16  6    A    47.83  120.02        Lakeside  WA           
MWR - 2209 WWC - 1727 - - MWR - 2209 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1929  McAdie, Alexander C., 1907, Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast: 1897 to 1906, Smithsonian Misc. Collections, Part of Vol. XLIX (No. 1721), Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 64 p.  1907   
Transcription: 1897. December 16, 17, and 20; Lakeside, Washington. All light.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1109  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: 1897 December 16, 17, and 20. Lakeside, Chelan Co. All light.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
731  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Lakeside 6 am 16-17-20 Dec, 1897 Slight shock direction W-E -MWR Dec 1897
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
89  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 89 1897 Dec. 16-20 - Lakeside 4 several light shocks
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
893  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Lakeside 6:00a December 16,17,20, 1897 W-E; Light shocks.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
284  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1897 December 16, 17, and 20; Lakeside; all light.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2209  Monthly Weather Review  1897  V. 25, p. 542 
Transcription: December 15, 1897. - Waterville, Wash.: earthquake; duration four to six seconds; direction, northwest to sourtheast. Lakeside, Wash.: a severe shock.


December 16, 17, 20. - Lakeside, Wash.: light shocks, all occurring at 6 a.m., vibrating from west to east.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1727  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: 18971216 47830-120020W R 01
 


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