Cascadia Catalog 1793-1930

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Event #448 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs
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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	24	8	30	P	P	47.59	122.33				Seattle	WA
TAWA - 1130							WWC - 1780		-	-		TAWA - 1130				-

Underlying Source Material

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
754	Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park
Transcription: Seattle 7:20, 8:30, 9:05 pm 24 Nov, 1912 II; III; III-IV direction N-S duration 7:6:20 seconds -SB III pg 165 Three distinct shocks of brief duration but of sufficient force to be distinctly felt here. The heaviest shock (IV) occurred at 9:05 pm. The movement seemed to be vertical. The shock was purely local and was not felt in other towns near Seattle.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1130	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: 1912 November 24. 7:20 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9:05 p.m. Seattle. Slight; doors and dishes rattled. -Seattle Post Intelligencer, November 25, 1912; BSSA, 2, 249.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
1780	Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished	1981	Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 191211250430000 47597-122330W R 01

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
296	Bradford, Donald C., 1935, Seismic History of the Puget Sound Basin, BSSA, V. 25, No. 2, pp. 138-153	1935
Transcription: 1912 November 24, 7:20, 8:30, and 9:05 a.m.; Seattle; local; three shocks.

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
116	Rasmussen, Norman, 1967, Washington state earthquakes 1840 through 1965, BSSA V. 57, No. 3, pp. 463-476	1967
Transcription: 116 1912 Nov. 25 See Remarks Seattle 4 three slight shocks; 03:20, 04:30, 05:05

Source ID	Publication	Pub Date	Pub Details
2165	Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America	1912	V. 2, p. 249
Transcription: Shock at Seattle, Washington. - Two slight shocks are said to have been felt in the city of Seattle, Washington, on Noverber 24, 1912, at 7:20 and at 8:30 p.m. We have not been able to get reports in regard to them from the station at the University of Washington.