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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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Event #341 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
The original source for this is Reid's scrapbook: "Newport 1:00a June 15, 1902 IV-V. " No newspapers have been checked. From this source, it is not clear which Newport is meant, since towns of that name exist in both Washington and Oregon.
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
1902  6  15  1  0  A  P  44.64  124.05        Newport  OR  IV  MM       
TA-OR - 512 WWC - 1742 - - BB - 1321 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1742  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 190206150900000 44641-124050W IV BB 4 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
512  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: [1902 June 15. 1 a.m. Newport, Lincoln Co. Sharp; no damage.-Reid's Scrapbook, 1, 15.]
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1321  Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108  1963   
Transcription: 1902 June 15 09:00:-- June 15 1:00 am (PST) Newport IV 10
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
368  Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38  1952  U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) 
Transcription: 1902, June 15 Newport. Sharp; no damage.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
824  Reid 2, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Newport 1:00a June 15, 1902 IV-V
 


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