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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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1793-1849 .... 1850s .... 1860s .... 1870s .... 1880s .... 1890s .... 1900s .... 1910s .... 1920s .... 1930s (not complete) .... Other Cascadia Catalogs

  
Individual Event Report
Event #35 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
No information from newspapers - They should be checked.
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
1857            48.80  122.70        Birch Bay  WA           
TAWA - 1029 WWC - 1623 - - TAWA - 1029 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1029  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: 1857 September. Birch Bay [Whatcom Co.].-P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2403  Washington Public Power Supply System, "WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 2, Final Safety Analysis Report, Volume 1, Amendment 18"
September 1981 
1981  Table 2.5-6 
Transcription: 1857 Sep Birch Bay, Wash Whatcom Co. TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
198  Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153  1935   
Transcription: 1857 September; Birch Bay. P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
667  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Birch Bay Sept 1857 -Holden's Cat. pg 51
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2162  Holden, E.S., 1898, A Catalog of Earthquakes on the Pacific Coast 1769-1897, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1087  1898   
Transcription: 1857. September; Birch Bay, Washington. -P.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1623  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 185709 48800-122700W WG 01
 


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