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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 #429 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Northern California.
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  10  28  10  45  40.66  124.16        Grants Pass  OR           
TA-OR - 523 REID1 - 616 - - TA-OR - 523 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
523  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: 1909 October 28. 10:45 p.m. Southwestern Oregon. The heavy shock experienced in Humboldt County, California, on October 28 was also felt in southwestern Oregon. It was reported from Grants Pass, Roseburg, Gold Beach, and Marshfield. For a full account see the list of California earthquakes.-Reid's Scrapbook 3, 18, 19, 40, 41.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
616  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: SW Oregon 40 degrees 40' N; 124 degrees 10' W PST 10:48 pm 28 Oct, 1909 VIII (III in SW Oregon) -SB, III, pp 18,19,40,41 8 Dec corresp. Central in Humbolt Co. Calif. Near Forterwa (?) Calif. (see CA card)
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
379  Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38  1952  U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) 
Transcription: 1909, October 28 Felt in southwestern Oregon. IX in Humboldt County, California at Rohnerville and Fortuna.
 


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