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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 #483 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
This large shock was in Pleasant Valley, Nevada, but was well felt in southern Oregon; RF Intensity VI, and cracking walls in Baker (according to MWR). Also felt in Stockton, Fresno, and Sacramento, California; Reno, Nevada, and at Salt Lake City, Utah according to Smith.
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
1915  10  2  10  55  P  P  44.77  117.83        Baker  OR  VI  RF       
TA-OR - 532 MWR - 2226 - - MWR - 2226 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
387  Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38  1952  U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) 
Transcription: 1915, October 2 Baker, La Grande, Ontario. People frightened and hurriedly left hotels. This was the destructive shock of Pleasant Valley, Nevada.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
583  Smith, W. D., 1919, Earthquakes in Oregon, BSSA, V. 9, n. 3, pp. 58-71  1919   
Transcription: 1915. October 2; Baker and Ontario. Shocks lasted several seconds at Ontario. This shock was felt at Stockton, Fresno, and Sacramento, California; Reno, Nevada, and at Salt Lake City, Utah.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
532  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: 1915 October 2. 10:55 p.m. Baker, La Grande, Ontario. People frightened and hurriedly left hotels. This was the destructive shock which originated in Pleasant Valley, Nevada. See the Nevada list for a full account.-Reid's Scrapbook, 4, 77; BSSA, 9, 68.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2227  Monthly Weather Review  1915  V. 43, p. 522 
Transcription: Date: October 3, 1915
Time (Greenwich Civil): 6:56
Location: Beckley, OR
Latitude (deg., min.): 42 40
Longitude (deg.,min.): 119 05
RF Intensity: 4-5
Number of Shocks:
Duration (sec.): 10
Sounds:
Remarks: Many awakened by shock
Observer: G. T. Stuart
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2231  Monthly Weather Review  1915  V. 43, p. 522 
Transcription: Date: October 3, 1915
Time (Greenwich Civil): 6:56
Location: Valley Falls, OR
Latitude (deg., min.): 42 32
Longitude (deg.,min.): 120 15
RF Intensity:
Number of Shocks: 1
Duration (sec.):
Sounds:
Remarks:
Observer: E. H. Meyer
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2230  Monthly Weather Review  1915  V. 43, p. 522 
Transcription: Date: October 3, 1915
Time (Greenwich Civil): 6:56
Location: Sunrise Valley, OR
Latitude (deg., min.): 43 08
Longitude (deg.,min.): 118 09
RF Intensity: 4
Number of Shocks: 2
Duration (sec.):
Sounds:
Remarks:
Observer: W. R. Gardner
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2229  Monthly Weather Review  1915  V. 43, p. 522 
Transcription: Date: October 3, 1915
Time (Greenwich Civil): 6:56
Location: Lakeview, OR
Latitude (deg., min.): 42 12
Longitude (deg.,min.): 120 20
RF Intensity: 4
Number of Shocks: 2
Duration (sec.):
Sounds:
Remarks:
Observer: C.C. Gott
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2228  Monthly Weather Review  1915  V. 43, p. 522 
Transcription: Date: October 3, 1915
Time (Greenwich Civil): 6:56
Location:Burns, OR
Latitude (deg., min.): 43 35
Longitude (deg.,min.): 119 04
RF Intensity: 3
Number of Shocks: 1
Duration (sec.):
Sounds:
Remarks:
Observer: J. C. Welcome, Jr.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2226  Monthly Weather Review  1915  V. 43, p. 522 
Transcription: Date: October 3, 1915
Time (Greenwich Civil): 6:56
Location: Baker, OR
Latitude (deg., min.): 44 46
Longitude (deg.,min.): 117 50
RF Intensity: 6
Number of Shocks: 1
Duration (sec.): 30
Sounds:
Remarks: A few walls cracked
Observer: U. S. Weather Bureau
 


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