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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 #445 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
Aftershock of previous event. Known only from the Milne catalog, which states that it was recorded on the Victoria seismograph, but not felt.
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
1912  11  21  15            Fraser River  B.C.         
MILNE - 1439 - - - MILNE - 1439 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1439  Milne, W.G., 1956, Seismic Activity in Canada, west of the 113th meridian 1841-1951: Canada Dominion Obs. Pub., V. 18, No. 7, pp. 119-146  1957   
Transcription: 1912 NOVEMBER 21. Newspapers reported an earthquake in the Lynn Valley and Blenkinsop Bay in south central British Columbia. D The Vancouver Times reported an earthquake was felt from the Fraser River to the end of Burrard Inlet on the same day at 4:47 p.m. The Victoria seismograph recorded an earthquake occurring at this time at a distance of 100 to 200 miles. Another tremor was recorded at 5:15 p.m. but it was not felt.
 


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