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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 #425 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Other catalogs cite Townley and Allen, who reference the S.F. Chronicle of 5/26, and say: "Douglas, Douglas Co. Dishes shaken from shelves. Felt distinctly at Waterville...".This also appears in Reid's Notes. No newspapers have yet 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
1909  24  17  20    47.65  120.06        Douglas  WA  RF       
RAS - 109 WWC - 1769 - - TAWA - 1125 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1001  U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96  1973   
Transcription: 1909. May 24. Waterville, Wash. Objects fell from shelves at Douglas and Waterville.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
748  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Waterville 9:30 am 24 May, 1909 Preceeded by a rumbling sound S-W -SB II pg 150 At Douglas dishes rattled and arti- cles fell from shelves.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2508  Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. 
1977  Table 2R-E1 
Transcription: 45 1909 May 24 Douglas v 2
TA(265) Rossi-Forel Intensity Scale.
1909 May 24 17:20 47.60N., 120.OOW. 2
EP(74,78)
1909 may 24 47.60N., 120.OOW.
NE(36)
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
109  Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476  1967   
Transcription: 109 1909 May 24 17:20 47.6 N, 120.0 W 1 felt
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2376  Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. 
1977  Table 2R E-9 
Transcription: 1909 May 24 Waterville, Wash.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
942  U. S. Dept. of Commerce, 1973, Earthquake History of the United States, V. 41-1, revised ed., pp. 89-96  1973   
Transcription: May 24 09:20 Waterville, Wash 47.6 120.0 (2) - 8
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2377  Washington Public Power Supply System, Preliminary
Safety Analysis Report, Ammendment 23,
WPPSS Nuclear Project No. 1, 1300 MW Nuclear Power Plant, Vol. 2A. 
1977  Table 2R E-9 
Transcription: 45 1909 May 24 Chelan-Leavenworth, Wash. v
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1770  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: 1909052422 47730-120360W V WG 5 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1125  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: 1909 May 24. 9:30 a.m. V. Douglas, Douglas Co. Dishes shaken from shelves. Felt distinctly at Waterville, Douglas Co.-S. F. Chronicle, May 26, 1909.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1769  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: 19090524 47650-120067W WG 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2448  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: 1909 May 24 Waterville, Wash. TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
7109  Weather Bureau, US Department of Agriculture. Washington Section of the Climatological Service of the Weather Bureau (Portland Oregon, Weather Bureau) Issued from February 1906 to June 1909 (Volume 10 #2 to Volume 13 #6)  1906-1909   
Transcription: Weather Bureau, US Department of Agriculture. Washington Section of the Climatological Service of the Weather Bureau (Portland Oregon, Weather Bureau) Issued from February 1906 to June 1909 (Volume 10 #2 to Volume 13 #6)
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August 1907 to June 1909 events taken from above source
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Aug 1, 1907 Earthquake - Lakeside (Not in Ludwin & Qamar 1995) (volume 11 #8 August 1907)
Aug 1, 1908 Earthquake -- Lakeside (Not in Ludwin & Qamar 1995) (volume 12 #8 August 1908)
Oct 27, 1908 Earthquake - Lakeside (Not in Ludwin & Qamar 1995) (volume 12 #10 October 1908)
Dec 13, 1908 Earthquake - Lakeside (Not in Ludwin & Qamar 1995) (volume 12 #12 December 1908)
Jan 11, 1909 Earthquakes - Anacortes, Baker, Bellingham, Blaine, Coupeville, East Sound, Granite Falls, Olga, Olympia, Port Townsend, Vashon Island (volume 13 #1 January 1909)
Jan 21, 1909 Earthquakes - Lakeside, Rex Creek [Chelan County] (volume 13 #1 January 1909)
May 4, 1909 Earthquake - Conconully (volume 13 #5 May 1909)
May 23, 1909 Earthquake - Lakeside (Not in Ludwin & Qamar 1995) (volume 13 #5 May 1909)
May 24, 1909 Earthquake - Lakeside (volume 13 #5 May 1909)
Jun 24, 1909 Earthquake - Lakeside (Not in Ludwin & Qamar 1995) (volume 13 #6 June 1909)
 


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