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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 #484 - Summary, and parameter estimates with source IDs                                           
All catalog accounts arise from the observation of the weather observer in Fruita. No newspapers have been checked.
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  19  11  30  45.33  116.76        Fruita             
TA-OR - 533 REID1 - 623 - - TA-OR - 533 -

Underlying Source Material
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1352  Berg and Baker, 1963, Oregon Earthquakes, 1841 through 1958, BSSA, V. 53, No. 1, pp. 95-108  1963   
Transcription: 1915 Oct 20 07:30:-- Oct 19 11:30 pm (PST) Fruita - 10
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
623  Reid, unpub., Scrapbook and Cardfile, on microfilm at USGS in Menlo Park     
Transcription: Fruita, Wallwa (?) Co. 45 degrees 20' N; 116 degrees 46' W PST 11:30 pm 19 Oct, 1915 GMT 7h 30m 20 Oct, 1915 One shock -MWR 522
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2455  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: 1915 Oct 19 Fruita, Ore. TA 10
1918 Jun 7 West Seattle, Wash. TA
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
533  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 19. 11:30 p.m. Fruita, Wallowa Co. One shock.-MWR, 43, 522.
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
1802  Woodward Clyde Consultants, unpublished  1981  Woodward-Clyde Consultants (1981), Historical Catalog (1841-1980) for the Pacific Northwest Region, unpublished catalog prepared for the Washington Public Power Supply System.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: 191510200730000 45300-116700W1 BB 01
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
2232  Monthly Weather Review  1915  V. 43, p. 522 
Transcription: Date: October 20, 1915
Time (Greenwich Civil): 7: 30
Location: Fruita, OR
Latitude (deg., min.) 45 20
Longitude (deg.,min.): 116 46
RF Intensity:
Number of Shocks: 1
Duration (sec.):
Sounds:
Remarks:
Observer: H. J. Neiman
 
Source ID Publication Pub Date Pub Details
388  Byerly, Perry, 1952, Pacific Coast Earthquakes, Condon Lecture, pp. 33-38  1952  U.W. Library, N979 B991p, Special Collections) 
Transcription: 1915, October 19 Fruita, Wallowa County. One shock.
 


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